William Carleton 
Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Thus did Ireland stand in the singular anomaly of adding some of her most distinguished names to the literature of Great Britain, whilst she herself remained incapable of presenting anything to the world beyond a school-book or a pamphlet and even of the latter it is well known that if the subject of it were considered important, and its author a man of any talent or station in societ it was certain to be published in London.