Preface and early days.
PREFACE It requires no ordinary amount of courage, even in an author of established fame, to come before the public when he has long passed the age of three…
Seventy Years of Irish Life by W.R. Le Fanu
Lord Edward's Dagger, John Sheares, Ilchester Pak.
Chapter II Lord Edward Fitzgerald's dagger - United Irishmen: the Apologia of John Sheares - Doctor Dobbin's kind deeds - The story of the Ilchester oak - An…
Faction fighting. Battles of the burying. Fairy Doctors.
Chapter III Faction fights: the Reaskawallahs and Coffeys - Paternal chastisement - A doctor in livery - I bear the Olive branch -Battles of the buryings…
Trinity College, a miser, Whately, Charles Lever.
Chapter VI The pleasures of coaching - I enter at Trinity College, Dublin - A miser Fellow: Anecdotes about - Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, and his legs…
The peasantry before 1831, old servants and their theories.
Chapter IV Good will of the peasantry before 1831 - A valentine - A justice's bulls - A curious sight indeed - Farms to grow fat on - Some cooks- "What the…
Peasants after the famine, Superstitions, Blarney Stone.
Chapter VIII Peasant life after the famine of 1847 - An aged goose - Superstitions and Irish peculiarities - The worship of Baal - The Blarney stone - The…
Killing or murder? "Shamus O'Brien, Samuel Lover.
Chapter IX Mitchelstown remembered - A Night on the Galtees - The weird horse - Killing, or murder? - The ballad of "Shamus O'Brien" - A letter from Samuel…
Anthony Trollope, Railway adventures, Irish repartees.
Chapter XIV Anthony Trollope: his night encounter - A race for life on an engine - Railway adventures - I become Commissioner of Public Works - Some Irish…
The "Charleys", Phaudrig Crohoore, The Dublin Magazine.
Chapter VII The "Charleys"' life was not a pleasant one - Paddy O'Neill and his rhymes - "With my rigatooria" - Too far west to wash - On the coast at Kilkee…
Tithe war 1831, Boycotting.
Chapter V The tithe war of 1831: the troops come to our village - A marked man - "Push on; they are going to kill ye!" - Not his brother's keeper - Boycotting…
A duel, sketch of my brother's life, murderous Grand Jury.
Chapter X A determined duel - I act the peasant, and am selected for the police force - Death of my sister - Sketch of my brother's life - Dan O'Connell's…
Tory Island, William Dargan, Bianconi, Sheridan Knowles.
Chapter XV Tory Island: its king, customs, and captive - William Dargan: his career and achievements - Agricultural and Industrial experiments - Bianconi, the…
Sergeant Murphy, Pat Costello, Thackeray, Dan O'Connell.
Chapter XI The power of the people - Sergeant Murphy; his London manners - Pat Costello's humour - I meet Thackeray - Paddy Blake's echo - Dan O'Connell's…
Religious intolerance, true faith, railway maniam 1846 Famine.
Chapter XII A proselytizing clergyman - Some examples of religious intolerance - An inverse repentance - The true faith - The railway mania - Famine of 1846…
Smith O'Brien's Rebellion, married by mistake, fooling the English.
Chapter XIII Smith O'Brien's rebellion - Louis Philippe's interview with the Queen, as seen by the Boy Jones - Plain fare and pleasant -Married by mistake - A…
Hypnotism, experiments and lessons, a dangerous power.
Chapter XIX The science of hypnotism - Early experiments and lessons \- A drink of cider - I convert Isaac Butt - All wrong - A dangerous power.
Irish bulls, Sir Boyle Roche, Clerical anecdotes.
Chapter XVI Irish bulls - Sayings of Sir Boyle Roche - Plutarch's Lives -A Grand Jury's decision - Clerical anecdotes and biblical difficulties - A harmless…
Shooting and fishing, fishing anecdotes.
Chapter XVII Shooting and fishing - Good snipe grounds - Killarney and Powerscourt - My fishing record - Playing a rock - Salmon flies - Salmon and trout…
Catholic emancipation, tithe war, famine of 1846, Fenian agitation.
Chapter XX Catholic emancipation, 1829 - The tithe war of 1832 - The great famine of 1846 - The Fenian agitation of 1865 - France against England…
Contents of "Seventy Years of Irish Life."
Seventy Years of Irish Life Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences By W. R. Le Fanu New Edition Edward Arnold 37 Bedford Street. New York, 70 Fifth Avenue 1896.
Illicit stills, poteen, marriage and language.
Chapter XVIII Illicit stills - Getting a reward - Poteen -- Past and present - Dress and dwellings - Marriage and language - Material improvement since 1850.