BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY.

TOUR IN IRELAND.

VOL. I.

CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,

PART I.-MINUTES OF THE TOUR.

CHAPTER I. Arrival in Dublin.-Introduced to the Lord

Lieutenant.-Lord Charlemont's house in Dublin and

villa at Marino.-Description of Dublin.-The Irish

Parliament.-Luttrell's Town.-Lord Harcourt at St.

Wolstan's.-Col. Marlay at Cellbridge.-Laughlins-

town.-Lucan. Mr. Conolly's at Castletown

CHAPTER II. The Duke of Leinster at Cartown.-May-

nooth.-Kilcock.-Dollestown. -Summerhill. — The

peasantry. - Lord Mornington at Dangan. — Slaine

Castle on the Boyne.-Lord Conyngham.-Ruins of

Melifont Abbey.-Mr. Holroyd's agricultural improve-

ments .

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CHAPTER III. Mr. Gerrard at Gibbs Town. Lord

Bective at Headfort.-Lord Longford at Packenham

Hall. The Penal Laws.-Condition of the lower -

classes. Pilfering common. Mullingar. - Tulla-

more.-Capt. Johnston at Charleville.

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CHAPTER IV. Lord Shelburne's Norfolk bailiff.-Dean

Coote. The proposed Union with Great Britain.-

Athy.-Brownshill. —Mount Juliet, Lord Carrick's

seat on the Nore.-Kilfaine.-Farming in partner-

ship.-Sir W. Fownes at Woodstock.-Scenery.-The

river Barrow at Ross.-The Whiteboys

CHAPTER V. Wexford.-A Saxon population.—Quakers.

-An industrious race.-Lord Courtown. -More about

the Whiteboys.-Gen._Cunningham at Mount Ken-

nedy. Scenery at Drum. Powerscourt. The

Dargle.-Return to Dublin

CHAPTER VI. Journey to the North.-Baron Hampton

at Hampton and Balbriggan.-The building of the

pier.-Drogheda. -Field of the Battle of the Boyne.

-Lord Chief Baron Forster's Protestant Colony at

Cullen.-Honesty of the people.-The Penal Laws.-

Emigrations. Dundalk.-Newry. - Bad turnpike

roads.-Armagh.-The Protestant Archbishop's public

buildings and other improvements.-Flax-growing and

manufacture.-Mahon and Lurgan

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