The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland
I. OFF—EXPERIENCES IN A PULLMAN CAR—HOARDING THE
“ONTARIO”—THE CAPTAIN— THE SEA AND SEA-SICKNESS—IMAGININGS IN THE
STORM—LANDING AT BIRKENHEAD.
II. FROM LIVERPOOL TO BELFAST—IRELAND'S CONDITION
DISCUSSED—EVICTIONS—A SUNDAY IN BELFAST.
III. BELFAST—TEMPERANCE—“THE EVE OF A GREAT
REBELLION”—THE POOR HOUSE— THE POLICE—COUNTY DOWN—MAKING ENDS
MEET—WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO TURN UP.
IV. LOYALTY IN THE “BLACK NORTH”—GENTLEMEN'S
RESIDENCES—A MODEL IRISH ESTATE—A GOOD MAN AND HIS WIFE—VISITING THE
POOR.
V. ONE RESULT OF THE COERCION ACT—THE AGRICULTURAL
LABORERS IN DOWN AND ANTRIM—WHISKEY—RAIN IN IRELAND—A DISCUSSION ON
ORANGEISM.
VI. THE HILLS OF LOUGH SWILLY—TENANTS'
IMPROVEMENTS—A MAN-OF-WAR AND MEN OF LOVE—THE
PIG—RAMELTON—INTELLIGENT ROOKS—FROM POTATOES AND MILK TO CORNMEAL
STIRABOUT AND NOTHING—MILFORD—THE LATE LORD LEITRIM'S INJUSTICE AND
INHUMANITY—ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH.
VII. IRISH COLD AND CANADIAN COLD—EVIDENCES OF THE
FAMINE—PREPARING FOR THE IRISH LAND BILL—THE BAD PEOPLE OF
DONEGAL—INFLUENCE OF THE BALLOT ON LANDLORDS—A MOUNTAIN STORM—A
“BETTER CLASS” FARMER'S HOME.
VIII. THE HILL COUNTRY OF DONEGAL—ON THE
SQUARE—OFFICE RULES
IX. ALONG A MOUNTAIN ROAD—WHY THE RENT WAS
RAISED—TURNING FARMS INTO PASTURES—ST. COLOMBKILL—IRISH
HOSPITALITY—A NOTABLE BALLAD.
X. WHY THE RENT IS RAISED—THE HISTORY OF AN
EVICTION FROM ONE OF THE EVICTED—A DONEGAL CONGREGATION—A CLIMB TO
THE TOP OF DOONHILL—DOON HOLY WELL—MAKING THE BEST OF A STRANGER.
XI. THE JAUNTING CAR—SCENERY IN DONEGAL—MOUNTAIN
PASTURES—A VISIT TO GLENVEIGH CASTLE.
XII. GOOD-BYE TO RAMELTON—ON LOUGH SWILLY—A
RUINED LANDLORD—FARM STOCK VS. WAGES—A GOOD LANDLORD—A REMINDER OF
CANADA—MOVILLE—PORT-A-DORUS ROCKS—ON GOOD TERMS WITH THE LANDLORD.
XIII. GREEN CASTLE—A LOOK INTO THE FORT—THE OLD
AND THE NEW—MARS IN WAITING—A KIND WORD FOR THE LANDLORDS—IN TIME
FOR AN EVICTION—FEMALE LAND LEAGUERS—THE “STUPID” IRISH—THE POLICE.
XIV. THE PEASANTRY—DEARTH OF CAR DRIVERS—A
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER'S OPINION OF THE LAND LAWS—PADDY'S
LAZINESS—ILLICIT WHISKEY.
XV. A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST—THE DERRY OF
TO-DAY—PURCHASING TENANT RIGHTS—NIBBLING AT THE TENANT
RIGHT—INSTANCES OF HARDSHIP—“LIBERTY OF CONTRACT.”
XVI. REMEMBRANCES OF “THE LONG AGO”—A SOAP AND
WATER REMEDY NEEDED—SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.
XVII. HONORED AS MISS PARNELL—A LAND LEAGUE
MEETING—AN EXPENSIVE DOCUMENT— THE LAND LAW DISCUSSED.
XVIII. IRISH HUSBANDRY—A DESCRIPTION OF LORD
LEITRIM—ABOVE AND BELOW THE SALT—LANDLORD AND TENANT
XIX. LANDLORD AND TENANT—THE LAND QUESTION FROM
BOTH SIDES.
XX. LORD LIFFORD—THE DUKE OF ABERCORN—WHOLESALE
EVICTIONS—GOING SOUTH— ENNISKILLEN—ASSES IN PLENTY—IN A GRAVEYARD.
XXI. ENNISKILLEN MILITARY PRIDE—THE BOYS CALLED
SOLDIERS—REMNANTS OF BY- GONE POWER—ISLAND OF DEVENISH—A ROUND
TOWER—AN ANCIENT CROSS—THE COLE FAMILY.
XXII. THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN AND HIS
TENANTS—CAUSES OF DISSATISFACTION— SPREAD OF THE LAND LEAGUE AMONGST
ENNISKILLEN ORANGEMEN—A SAMPLE GRIEVANCE—THE AGENTS' COMMISSION—A
LINK THAT NEEDS STRENGTHENING—THE LANDLORD'S SIDE.
XXIII. A MODEL LANDLORD—ERIN'S SONS IN OTHER
LANDS.
XXIV. SELLING CATTLE FOR RENT—THE SHADOW OF MR.
SMITH—GENERATIONS OF WAITING—UNDER THE WING OF THE CLERGY—A SAFE
MEDIUM COURSE—THE CONSTABULARY—EXERTIONS OF THE PRIESTS—A TERMAGANT.
XXV. THE LABORING CLASSES IN MANOR HAMILTON—THEIR
HOMES—LOOKING FOR HER SHARE—CHARGES AGAINST AN UNPOPULAR LANDLORD.
XXVI. TENANTS VOLUNTARILY RAISING THE RENT TO
ASSIST THEIR LANDLORDS— BEAUTIFUL IRISH LANDSCAPES—CANADIAN
EYES—RENTS IN LEITRIM—THE POTATO.
XXVII. A HARD LANDLORD INTERVIEWED—CONFLICTING
STATEMENTS—COLD STEEL.
XXVIII. THE MANOR HAMILTON WORKHOUSE—TO THE SOUTH
AND WESTWARD—A CHANGE OF SCENERY—LORD PALMERSTON.
XXIX. ON LOUGH GILL—TWO MEN—STAMPEDE FROM
SLIGO—THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN.
XXX. SLIGO'S GOOD LANDLORDS—THE POLICE AND THEIR
DUTIES—A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT—AN AMAZON.
XXXI. KILLALA—THE CANADIAN GRANT TO THE FAMINE
FUND AND WHAT IT HAS DONE— BALLYSAKEERY—THREE LANDLORDS—A LANDLORD'S
INTERESTING STATEMENT.
XXXII. THE STORY OF AN EVICTION.
XXXIII. A SEVERE CRITICISM JUSTIFIED—PROCESS
SERVING BY THE AID OF THE POLICE— THE WHITE HORSE OF MAYO—PEASANT
PROPRIETORSHIP.
XXXIV. THE LAND OF FLAMES—A RELIC WITH A
HISTORY—CATTLE VS. MEN—THE MEETING OF EXTREMES—“PUT YOURSELF IN HIS
PLACE.”
XXXV. WORKHOUSES—THE POOR LAW—A REASONABLE
SUSPECT.
XXXVI. DEPARTURE OF EMIGRANTS—TURLOUGH—THE
FITZGERALDS—FISH—THE ROYAL IRISH WATCHDOGS.
XXXVII. CASTLEBAR—WASTING THE LAND—CASTLE
BOURKE—BALLINTUBBER ABBEY.
XXXVIII. OVER-POPULATION OF THE WEST—HOW PEOPLE
FORM THEIR OPINIONS—MR. SMITHWICK AND JONATHAN PYM—A DEARTH OF FISH.
XXXIX. BY THE SHORE OF CLEW BAY—ACROSS ACHILL
ISLAND—A LONELY LOVELY RETREAT.
XL. REMEMBRANCES OF THE GREAT FAMINE—THE
“PLANTED” SCOTCH FARMERS—A BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE.
XLI. GOING TO ENGLAND FOR WORK—CANADA AND
AMERICA.
XLII. LOUGH MASK CASTLE—CAPTAIN BOYCOTT AND HIS
POLICY—LORD MOUNTMORRIS.
XLIII. CONG.
XLIV. THE ASHFORD DEMESNE—LORD ARDILAUN—LOUGH
CORRIB.
XLV. THE EASTERN COAST—THE LAND QUESTION FROM A
LANDLORD'S STANDPOINT.
XLVI. THE EAST AND THE WEST—LANDLORDS AND
LANDLORDS.
XLVII. THE CENTRAL COUNTIES—SOME SLEEPY TOWNS.
XLVIII. IN THE COUNTY CAVAN—THE ANNALS OF THE
POOR—BURYING THE PAST.
XLIX. AN EMPTY COUNTRY—RAPACIOUS LANDLORDS.
L. THE CITY ON THE SHANNON.
LI. GALWAY AND THE MEN OF GALWAY.
LII. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY.
LIII. CORK AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIV. CORK, TO BANDON, SKIBBEREEN AND SKULL.
LV. THE SOUTH—THE FEELING OF THE
PEOPLE—EVICTIONS AND THE LAND LAW.
LVI. TIPPERARY—OVER THE KNOCK-ME-LE-DOWM
MOUNTAINS—“NATE CLOGHEEN”—CAHIR— WATERFORD—DUBLIN.
DUBLIN—HOME AGAIN.
A LAST WORD—THE CAUSE OF IRELAND'S TROUBLES.
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