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The Land-War in Ireland, with the subtitle "A History for the Times," is by James Godkin. The preface says that on "the condition of Ireland" there was "an endless diversity of opinion; but in one thing all writers and speakers agreed: the condition was morbid." A passage on the law relating to land mentions "the general cry of 'want of tenure'" and "the custom of serving notices to quit, sometimes for other reasons than non-payment of rent."
The chapter headed "THE PURITAN PLANTATION" says, "The work of transplanting was slow, difficult, and intensely painful to the Irish, for Connaught was bleak, sterile, and desolate." A passage on estate rules says that "the rules forbid the tenant to give the use of any ground for conacre." A passage says that "The evicted cottiers and small farmers are forced to go to towns and villages, shut up in unwholesome rooms."
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- James Godkin
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- 280
- Language
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