Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . itzgerald, Devereux,Whitty, Walsh, Synnot, Furlong, Harvey, Boxwell, and Brownindicate their descent from Norman, AVelsh, and Flemishancestors; while such names as Cornick, Godkin, and Lambertremind us of the latest addition to the foreign element in thetime of the redoubted Cromwell. The Celtic element, if wejudge by the far greater frequency of such names as the above,forms but a small proportion of the population. The Iris
Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . itzgerald, Devereux,Whitty, Walsh, Synnot, Furlong, Harvey, Boxwell, and Brownindicate their descent from Norman, AVelsh, and Flemishancestors; while such names as Cornick, Godkin, and Lambertremind us of the latest addition to the foreign element in thetime of the redoubted Cromwell. The Celtic element, if wejudge by the far greater frequency of such names as the above,forms but a small proportion of the population. The Irishlanguage has long since wholly disappeared, and even suchunraistakenly Irish names as are yet found have dropped theancient prefixes of 0 and Mac. It is strange, indeed, that such a population should haveoffered to the English the fiercest and most determined resist-ance they ever encountered in Ireland, while the people ofthe purely Celtic counties **made no sign,** but remained sunkin disgraceful apathy, while the fortunes of their native coun-try hung trembling in the balance. The population of Wex-ford, in 1798, was, according to Mr. Bushe*s estimate, 132,912. o ^- ^ S y. rr ^^ !> 2 Oj :t ^ (-) ^ a; H ^ O _ gj a; £^ ^ £; c =_ a-^ ^ ^ H The Rising of 98 135 inhabitants. That of the town of Wexford itself was upwardsof 9,000 souls. Others have estimated the entire populationat 150,000, which I judge to be nearer the truth. Treating ofthe social condition of the county, Mr. Hay makes the ensuingobservation: *The county of Wexford had long been re-markable for the peaceful demeanor of its inhabitants, andtheir good behavior and industry have been held out as anexemplar for other parts of Ireland. So little and so seldominfested with disturbance and riots of any kind, that anexecution for a capital crime rarely took place there; and, inthe calendar of its criminals, it has as few on record as anypart either of Great Britain or Ireland. This county boresuch a reputa
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