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Canon Griffin, a Roman Catholic of high culture, who, unlike some of
the priesthood, abjures the Land League and all its works; and as the
spot on which "Ould Ireland" and New Ireland meet face to face.

The hamlet is mainly divided between two proprietors. That part known
as the McCarthy O'Leary property is mainly composed of filthy hovels
of the worst Irish type--is, in fact, rather a gigantic piggery than a
dwelling-place for human beings. The houses are not so small as the
mountain cabins of Mayo or the seaside dens of Connemara, but they are
small enough, crowded with inhabitants, and filthy beyond the belief
of those who know not the western half of Ireland. It is hardly
possible, nor would it be worth while, to inquire into the causes
which have made one half of Millstreet an opprobrium and the other
half a model hamlet. I simply record what I see--filth and swinishness
on the left hand, order, neatness, and cleanliness on the right.

The white houses, the trim streets of the townlet, are on the Wallace
property, which is at present, and will be for some little time to
come, in the hands of the Court of Chancery. Skilfully administered
for several years past, the Wallace property is very well known in
these parts for the success with which its management has been
attended. One of the principal tenants of this thriving estate is Mr.
Jeremiah Hegarty, whose peculiar position towards his landlords
affords a curious instance of the working of the present land laws of
Ireland. To begin with Mr. Hegarty holds about eight hundred acres as
a tenant farmer, without a lease or any guarantee against his being
turned off by his landlords at any time, except the natural goodwill
and joint interest of landlord and tenant. He has of course the Act of
1870 in his favour, but inasmuch as his "improvements" have extended
over a long term of years, it is almost certain that if a series of
deaths should bring the property into needy or unscrupulous hands Mr.
Hegarty might be removed from his farm, or rather farms, at great loss
to himself, despite the compensation that would be awarded him, and on
which the landlord would assuredly make a great profit. It may be
thought hardly likely that any landlord would be mad enough to
disestablish a tenant of eight hundred acres of land who pays his rent
with commendable punctuality; but as such things, and things even more
foolish, have been done during the present year, it is not agreeabl