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The Letters of The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland Margaret Dixon McDougall The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland Table of Contents The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland.........................................................................................1 Margaret Dixon McDougall...........................................................................................................................2 I. OFF—EXPERIENCES IN A PULLMAN CAR—HOARDING THE “ONTARIO”—THE CAPTAIN— THE SEA AND SEA−SICKNESS—IMAGININGS IN THE STORM—LANDING AT BIRKENHEAD.............................................................................................................................................5 II. FROM LIVERPOOL TO BELFAST—IRELAND'S CONDITION DISCUSSED—EVICTIONS—A SUNDAY IN BELFAST........................................................................7 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.......................................................................................................................9 IV. LOYALTY IN THE “BLACK NORTH”—GENTLEMEN'S RESIDENCES—A MODEL IRISH ESTATE—A GOOD MAN AND HIS WIFE—VISITING THE POOR..................................................12 V. ONE RESULT OF THE COERCION ACT—THE AGRICULTURAL LABORERS IN DOWN AND ANTRIM—WHISKEY—RAIN IN IRELAND—A DISCUSSION ON ORANGEISM................14 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..............16 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.........................................................................................................................................................20 VIII. THE HILL COUNTRY OF DONEGAL—ON THE SQUARE—OFFICE RULES.........................22 IX. ALONG A MOUNTAIN ROAD—WHY THE RENT WAS RAISED—TURNING FARMS INTO PASTURES—ST. COLOMBKILL—IRISH HOSPITALITY—A NOTABLE BALLAD............25 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................................28 XI. THE JAUNTING CAR—SCENERY IN DONEGAL—MOUNTAIN PASTURES—A VISIT TO GLENVEIGH CASTLE.............................................................................................................................30 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...............................................................................................................................................31 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.......................34 XIV. THE PEASANTRY—DEARTH OF CAR DRIVERS—A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER'S OPINION OF THE LAND LAWS—PADDY'S LAZINESS—ILLICIT WHISKEY...............................37 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.”......................................................................................................................................39 XVI. REMEMBRANCES OF “THE LONG AGO”—A SOAP AND WATER REMEDY NEEDED—SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.....................................................................................................43 XVII. HONORED AS MISS PARNELL—A LAND LEAGUE MEETING—AN EXPENSIVE DOCUMENT— THE LAND LAW DISCUSSED....................................................................................45 XVIII. IRISH HUSBANDRY—A DESCRIPTION OF LORD LEITRIM—ABOVE AND BELOW THE SALT—LANDLORD AND TENANT.............................................................................................47 i The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland Table of Contents The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland XIX. LANDLORD AND TENANT—THE LAND QUESTION FROM BOTH SIDES...........................49 XX. LORD LIFFORD—THE DUKE OF ABERCORN—WHOLESALE EVICTIONS—GOING SOUTH— ENNISKILLEN—ASSES IN PLENTY—IN A GRAVEYARD............................................52 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................................................................................................................55 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......................................................................57 XXIII. A MODEL LANDLORD—ERIN'S SONS IN OTHER LANDS...................................................59 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..........................................61 XXV. THE LABORING CLASSES IN MANOR HAMILTON—THEIR HOMES—LOOKING FOR HER SHARE—CHARGES AGAINST AN UNPOPULAR LANDLORD......................................64 XXVI. TENANTS VOLUNTARILY RAISING THE RENT TO ASSIST THEIR LANDLORDS— BEAUTIFUL IRISH LANDSCAPES—CANADIAN EYES—RENTS IN LEITRIM—THE POTATO.....................................................................................................................................................66 XXVII. A HARD LANDLORD INTERVIEWED—CONFLICTING STATEMENTS—COLD STEEL.........................................................................................................................................................68 XXVIII. THE MANOR HAMILTON WORKHOUSE—TO THE SOUTH AND WESTWARD—A CHANGE OF SCENERY—LORD PALMERSTON................................................................................70 XXIX. ON LOUGH GILL—TWO MEN—STAMPEDE FROM SLIGO—THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN...........................................................................................................................................73 XXX. SLIGO'S GOOD LANDLORDS—THE POLICE AND THEIR DUTIES—A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT—AN AMAZON..............................................................................................................76 XXXI. KILLALA—THE CANADIAN GRANT TO THE FAMINE FUND AND WHAT IT HAS DONE— BALLYSAKEERY—THREE LANDLORDS—A LANDLORD'S INTERESTING STATEMENT.............................................................................................................................................78 XXXII. THE STORY OF AN EVICTION..................................................................................................80 XXXIII. A SEVERE CRITICISM JUSTIFIED—PROCESS SERVING BY THE AID OF THE POLICE— THE WHITE HORSE OF MAYO—PEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP..................................82 XXXIV. THE LAND OF FLAMES—A RELIC WITH A HISTORY—CATTLE VS. MEN—THE MEETING OF EXTREMES—“PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE.”......................................................84 XXXV. WORKHOUSES—THE POOR LAW—A REASONABLE SUSPECT......................................87 XXXVI. DEPARTURE OF EMIGRANTS—TURLOUGH—THE FITZGERALDS—FISH—THE ROYAL IRISH WATCHDOGS.................................................................................................................89 XXXVII. CASTLEBAR—WASTING THE LAND—CASTLE BOURKE—BALLINTUBBER ABBEY.......................................................................................................................................................92 XXXVIII. OVER−POPULATION OF THE WEST—HOW PEOPLE FORM THEIR OPINIONS—MR. SMITHWICK AND JONATHAN PYM—A DEARTH OF FISH.............................94 XXXIX. BY THE SHORE OF CLEW BAY—ACROSS ACHILL ISLAND—A LONELY LOVELY RETREAT...................................................................................................................................................97 XL. REMEMBRANCES OF THE GREAT FAMINE—THE “PLANTED” SCOTCH FARMERS—A BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE..................................................................................................100 XLI. GOING TO ENGLAND FOR WORK—CANADA AND AMERICA...........................................103 ii The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland Table of Contents The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland XLII. LOUGH MASK CASTLE—CAPTAIN BOYCOTT AND HIS POLICY—LORD MOUNTMORRIS.....................................................................................................................................106 XLIII. CONG.............................................................................................................................................109 XLIV. THE ASHFORD DEMESNE—LORD ARDILAUN—LOUGH CORRIB..................................111 XLV. THE EASTERN COAST—THE LAND QUESTION FROM A LANDLORD'S STANDPOINT..........................................................................................................................................115 XLVI. THE EAST AND THE WEST—LANDLORDS AND LANDLORDS........................................118
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