A Tour in Ireland
A Tour in Ireland
With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom Made in the Years 1776, 1777 and 1778
Arthur Young
Constantia Maxwell
Constantia Maxwell
December 2013
Paperback
9781107627352
£28.00
GBPPaperback
Originally published in 1925, this book contains the edited text of Arthur Young's eighteenth century travelogue A Tour In Ireland. Young records his journey all around the country, as well as making observations on Irish life under English dominion after the Cromwellian and Williamite wars. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Irish history.
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December 2013Paperback
9781107627352
274 pages
198 × 129 × 15 mm
0.3kg
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Table of Contents
- Editor's introduction
- Part I. Minutes of the Tour
- Part II. General Observations:
- 1. Soil, face of the country and climate
- 2. Rental
- 3. Tillage
- 4. Of the tenantry of Ireland
- 5. Of the labouring poor
- 6. Religion
- 7. Timber and planting
- 8. Tithes
- 9. Absentees
- 10. Population
- 11. Manners and customs
- 12. Trade and customs
- 13. General state of Ireland
- Editor's notes
- Index.
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