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Title: Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)

Author: William Henry Hurlbert

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IRELAND UNDER COERCION

THE DIARY OF AN AMERICAN

BY

WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERT

VOL. II.

_SECOND EDITION._

1888

"Upon the future of Ireland hangs the future of the British Empire."
CARDINAL MANNING TO EARL GREY, 1868

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER VII.
Rossbehy, Feb. 21, 1
The latest eviction at Glenbehy, 1
Trafalgar Square, 1, 2
Father Little, 3
Mr. Frost, 3, 4
Priest and landlord, 3
Savings Banks' deposits at Six-mile Bridge, 5
Drive through Limerick, 5
Population and trade, 5, 6
Boycotting and commerce, 6, 7
Shores of the Atlantic, 7
Tralee, 7
Killorglin, 8
Hostelry in the hills, 8
Facts of the eviction, 9-13
Glenbehy Eviction Fund (see Note G2), 12
A walk on Washington's birthday, 13
A tenant at Glenbehy offers L13 in two instalments
in full for L240 arrears, 13
English and Irish members, 14
"Winn's Folly," 15
Acreage and rental of the Glenbehy estate, 16
Work of eviction begun, 17
Patience of officers, 17
American and Irish evictions contrasted, 17
"Oh, he's quite familiar," 18
A modest Poor Law Guardian, 18, 19
Moonlighters' swords, 20
Father Quilter and the "poor slaves," his people, 21,22
Beauty of Lough Caragh, 23
Difficulty of getting evidence, 25
Effects of terrorism in Kerry, 25
Singular identification of a murderer, 26
Local administration in Tralee, 28

CHAPTER VIII.
Cork, Feb. 23, 30
Press accounts of Glenbehy evictions astonish an eye-witness, 30
Castle Island, 31
Mr. Roche and Mr. Gladstone, 31
Opinions of a railway traveller, 31, 32
Misrepresentations of evictions, 32
Cork, past and present, 34
Mr. Gladstone and the Dean, 35
League Courts in Kerry,