George Cornewall Lewis
Published: 2016-12-23
Total Pages: 474
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Excerpt from On Local Disturbances in Ireland: And on the Irish Church Question At a time when many questions affecting the welfare of Ireland are under public discussion, and are likely soon to occupy alarge portion of the attention of the legislature, it seems desirable that some attempt should be made to ascertain the true causes and nature of the disturbances in question; and to discover whether there is anything so extraordinary in the character of the poorer classes in Ireland as to bid defi ance to the best established rules of legislation; or whether the appearances alluded to may not be explained without sup posing any deviation from the general course of human nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.