Historical Notices of the Several Rebellions, Disturbances, and Illegal Associations in Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1822: Ans a View of the Actual State of the Country, with Suggestions for the Restoration and Maintainance of Tranquillity, and for Promoting the National Prosperity and HappinessR. Milliken, 1822 - 121 стор. |
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Сторінка 67 - The peasantry of Ireland are generally of the Roman catholic religion, but utterly and disgracefully ignorant ; few among them can read, fewer write. The Irish language, a barbarous jargon, is generally, and in some districts exclusively, spoken ; and with it are retained customs and superstitions as barbarous. Popish legends and pagan tradition are confounded and revered : for certain holy wells, and sacred places, they have extraordinary respect ; thither crowd the sick for cure, and the sinful...
Сторінка 4 - But the most wicked and mischievous custom of all others was that of coigny and livery, often before mentioned, which consisted in taking of man's-meat, horse-meat, and money of all the inhabitants of the country at the will and pleasure of the soldier, who, as the phrase of Scripture is, " did eat up the people as it were bread," for that he had no other entertainment.
Сторінка 3 - Whereby, as their septs or families did multiply, their possessions have been from, time to time divided and subdivided and broken into so many small parcels as almost every acre of land hath a several owner, which termeth himself a lord, and his portion of land his country...
Сторінка 10 - For the churches, they arc for the most part in ruins; such as were presented to be in reparation, are covered only with thatch. But the incumbents both parsons and vicars, did appear to be such poor, ragged, ignorant creatures (for we saw many of them in the camp) as we could not esteem any of them worthy of the meanest of those livings, albeit many of them are not worth above 40s. per annum.
Сторінка 3 - Neither did any of them in all this time plant any gardens or orchards, inclose or improve their lands, live together in settled villages or towns...
Сторінка 3 - And by the Irish custom of gavelkind the inferior tenantries were partible amongst all the males of the sept, both bastards and legitimate ; and after partition made, if any one of the sept had died, his portion was not divided among his sons, but the chief of the sept made a new partition of all the lands belonging to that sept, and gave every one his part according to his antiquity.
Сторінка 2 - But by the Irish custom of tanistry the chieftains of every country and the chief of every sept had no longer estate than for life in their chiefries, the inheritance whereof did rest in no man. And these chiefries, though they had some portions of land allotted unto them, did consist chiefly in cuttings and cosheries...
Сторінка 28 - I will endeavour, as much as lies in my ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an identity of interests, a communion of rights and a union of power among Irishmen of all religious persuasions, without which every reform in Parliament must be partial, not national, inadequate to the wants, delusive to the wishes, and insufficient for the freedom and happiness of this country.
Сторінка 1 - Irish customs, we shall find that the people which doth use them must of necessity be rebels to all good government, destroy the commonwealth wherein they live, and bring barbarism and desolation upon the richest and most fruitful land of the world.
Сторінка 47 - Wcllcslcy, in pursuance of his notice, rose to move for leave to " bring in a bill, for the suppression of insurrection in Ireland, and to prevent " the disturbance of the -peace in that country. The House would remember, " that the circumstances, which preceded and attended the suppression of the late rebellion in Ireland, had rendered stronger measures than the established laws afforded, necessary in that country. An act was therefore passed by the Irish parliament, in 17УО, to prevent unlawful...