Index to "Ireland 120 Years Ago"

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**I’ve rarely enjoyed scanning a book so much as I did this one - it’s packed with characters and stories, opinions and anecdotes. The copy I scanned is titled “Ireland 120 Years” - it has also appeared as “Ireland 90 Years Ago” and, originally as “Ireland 60 Years Ago” - the correct title in 2001 should be “Ireland About 220 Years Ago.” The title page is missing but I know that it was published by M. H. Gill & Son Ltd. around 1911. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did! KF, March 2001.

**Ireland Sixty Years Ago

Introduction - The Author.**

Introduction - The Author.

Chapter I.

State of Society and the City of Dublin - Liberty Boys and Ormond Boys - Collegians - Police - Bucks and Bullies - Chalkies.

Chapter II.

Duelling - Judicial and Legal Duellists - Duelling Clubs and Rules - Hates - Pat Power - Bryan Maguire - Trials for Dues.

Chapter III.

Abuction - Abduction Clubs - The Misses Kennedy - Miss Knox.

Chapter IV.

Civic Processions - Riding the Franchises - The Liberties

• The Lord Mayor’s Penance.

Chapter V.

Drunkenness - Notions of Conviviality.

Chapter VI.

Gambling - Lotteries.

Chapter VII.

Shoeblacks - The Streets - Public Vehicles.

Chapter VIII.

Slang Songs - Prison Usages - The Night Before Larry Was Stretched - Kilmainham Minit - Executioners - Bull Baiting - Lord Altham’s Bull - The Bush.

Chapter IX.

Raparees and Robbers - Hedge Schools - Hedge Schools - Freney - Northern Robbers - Shawn Crossach - William Crotty - Crotty’s Lament - Felon’s Bodies - Frederick Caulfield.

Chapter X.

Tiger Roche.

Chapter XI.

The Kingdom of Dalkey - The “Dalkey Gazette” - T. O’Meara.

Chapter XII.

The Visitation of 1798 - United Irishmen - James Farrell

• Expulsion of Power and Ardagh - Cause of the Visitation - Its Proceedings - Lord Clare - Dr. Brown - Dr. Stokes - Its Effects - Sketch of Farrell - of Corbett.

Chapter XIII.

The Gibs’ Parliamentary Privileges - Fire in the House of Commons.  

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