State of Society in Dublin.
Ireland 60 Years Ago Chapter I. State of Society and the City of Dublin - Liberty Boys and Ormond Boys - Collegians - Police - B...
Ireland Sixty Years Ago by John Edward Walsh
The extraordinary life of "Tiger" Roche.
Chapter X. Tiger Roche. Among the characters distinguished for unbridled indulgence and fierce passion, who were unfortunately too frequen...
Introducing John Edward Walsh. By Dillon Cosgrave.
Ireland Sixty Years Ago Introduction - The Author. John Edward Walsh, whose name, as author of this book, first appears in this edition...
The Kingdom of Dalkey.
Chapter XI. The Kingdom of Dalkey - The "Dalkey Gazette" - T. O'Meara. Among the singular societies which have existed in Ireland within t...
United Irishmen. Trinity College.
Chapter XII. The Visitation of 1798 - United Irishmen - James Farrell - Expulsion of Power and Ardagh - Cause of the Visitation - Its Procee...
Duelling in Ireland.
Chapter II. Duelling - Judicial and Legal Duellists - Duelling Clubs and Rules - Hates - Pat Power - Bryan Maguire - Trials for Dues. The ...
Fire in the House of Commons.
Chapter XIII. The Gibs' Parliamentary Privileges - Fire in the House of Commons. From the manuscript before referred to, we extract also t...
Abduction. Abduction clubs and cases.
Chapter III. Abuction - Abduction Clubs - The Misses Kennedy - Miss Knox. Abduction, or forcibly carrying off heiresses, was another of th...
Civic Processions. Riding the Franchises
Chapter IV. Civic Processions - Riding the Franchises - The Liberties - The Lord Mayor's Penance. The greatest change wrought in any one b...
Gambling - insuring your tickets!
Chapter VI. Gambling - Lotteries The intense passion of the Irish for gambling has often been observed. Campion, writing nearly three...
Irish drinking habits.
Chapter V. Drunkenness - Notions of Conviviality. The habit of intemperate drinking had grown to such an excess in Ireland, that it was gr...
Shoeblacks - the Streets - Public Vehicles.
Chapter VII. Shoeblacks - The Streets - Public Vehicles. The common people of Dublin were eminently distinguished by peculiar traits of ch...
Slangs songs in Dublin.
Chapter VIII. Slang Songs - Prison Usages - The Night Before Larry Was Stretched - Kilmainham Minit - Executioners - Bull Baiting - Lord Alt...
Raparees and Robbers.
Chapter IX. Raparees and Robbers - Hedge Schools - Hedge Schools - Freney - Northern Robbers - Shawn Crossach - William Crotty - Crotty's La...
Index to "Ireland 120 Years Ago"
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...