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PART I
PART II THE ECONOMY
PART III GOVERNMENT
PART IV RELIGION
PART V PUBLIC AFFAIRS
REFERENCES AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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PART I
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE
STRUCTURE AND VALUES OF IRISH SOCIETY
(i) Social Structure
(ii)
Beliefs and Values
CHAPTER TWO
IRISH HISTORY 1800-1850
[Top]
PART II THE ECONOMY
CHAPTER THREE
THE IRISH ECONOMY
(i) General Observations
(ii)
Geographical Aspects
(iii)
Levels of Economic Development
(iv) Agricultural Regions
(v)
Questions of Population
(vi) History of the Irish Economy
(vii)
Overview of the Economy in 1800
CHAPTER FOUR
ROADS AND RAILWAYS
(i) The Tertiary Sector
(ii)
Roads and Road Travel
(iii)
Railways and the Electric Telegraph
CHAPTER FIVE
WATER TRANSPORT
(i) Investment and Return
(ii)
Shipping
(iii)
Navigational Hazards
(iv) Ports
(v)
Inland Navigation
(vi) Steam Navigation
(vii)
Aeronautics
CHAPTER SIX
TRADE
(i) Internal Trade: Fairs, Markets, and Shops
(ii)
Foreign Trade: Imports, Exports
CHAPTER SEVEN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
(i) The Currency
(ii)
Banks and Banking
(iii)
Other Financial Institutions
(iv) Note on Coinage
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE PRIMARY SECTOR I
(i) Cattle
(ii)
Sheep
(iii)
Other Livestock
(iv) Tillage: Implements
(v)
Tillage: Cultivation of the Soil
(vi)
Tillage: Fertility
and Crop Hygiene
(vii)
Tillage: Seeds and Crops
CHAPTER NINE
THE PRIMARY SECTOR II
(i) Agricultural Incomes
(ii)
Fisheries
(iii)
The Tenure of Land
(iv) Estate Management
(v)
The Study and Improvement of Agriculture
(vi) Bogs and Land Reclamation
(vii)
Crop Failures and Scarcities
CHAPTER TEN
THE SECONDARY SECTOR I
: FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
(i) Power and Machinery
(ii)
The Financing of Industry
(iii)
Work and the Labour Force
(iv) The Guild System
(v)
Combinations and Trade Unions
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE SECONDARY SECTOR II
: PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING
(i) Milling, Brewing and Distilling
(ii)
The Textile Industry: Organisation
(iii)
The Textile Industry: Branches
(iv) The Provisions Industry
(v)
Mining and Minerals
(vi) Manufacturing [Top]
PART III GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER TWELVE
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS I
(i) The Organisation of Irish Society
(ii)
Local Administrations
(iii)
(iv) Meetings of Freeholders and
(v)
Selection of Grand and Petty Juries
(vi) Duties of the Grand Jury
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS II
(i) Corporate Towns and their 'Policing'
(ii)
Other Administrative Units
(iv) Provision for the Sick and Poor
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CRIME AND POLICE
(i) Ordinary Crime
(ii)
Agrarian Crime
(iii)
Illicit Distillation
(iv) The
(v)
The
(vi) Gaols and Penology
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CROWN AND PARLIAMENT
(i) The Flag
(ii)
The Crown
(iii)
Parliament
(iv) Elections
(v)
The Franchise
(vi) Legislation
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
THE IRISH GOVERNMENT I
(i) The Structure of the Irish Government
(ii)
The Lord Lieutenant and Irish Secretary
(iii)
The Chief Offices of State
(iv) The Revenue Boards
(v)
The Post Office
(vi) Personnel and Recruitment
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE IRISH GOVERNMENT II
(i) Government Policies
(ii)
Monetary Policy
(iii)
Fiscal Policy and the Budget
(iv) Extraordinary Legislation
(v)
Statistics, Surveys, and Valuations
(vi) The Ordnance Survey
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE ARMED FORCES
(i) History of the Armed Forces
(ii)
The Military Offices
(iii)
The Regular Army
(iv) The Militia and Yeomanry
(v)
The Royal Navy
CHAPTER NINETEEN
THE COURTS OF LAW
(i) The Law
(ii)
The Royal Courts in
(iii)
The Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts
(iv)
County Courts:
Courts of Commission and Assize
(v) County Courts:
Mayor’s and Sheriff's Courts
(vi) The Other Courts
(vii) The Magistracy
(viii)
Personnel of the Courts
(ix)
Procedures of the Courts
[Top]
PART IV RELIGION
CHAPTER TWENTY
RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS
(i) General Observations
(ii)
Origins and History
(iii)
The Distribution of the Churches
(iv) Charities and Charitable Bequests
CHAPTER TWENTY
ONE THE PROTESTANTS I
(i) The Established Church
(ii)
The Revenues of the Established Church
(iii)
The Dissenters
(iv) The Evangelising Movement or Second Reformation
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
THE PROTESTANTS II
(i) The Moderate Protestants
(ii)
The Ascendancy Faction
(iii)
The Orange Order
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
THE CATHOLICS
(i) The Catholic Church
(ii)
The Catholic Laymen
(iii)
Relations between Catholics and Protestants [Top]
PART V PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
EDUCATION I
(i) General Considerations
(ii)
Educational Theories
(iii)
Primary Education before the National Schools
(iv) Other Schools Connected with the Churches
(v)
Secondary Schools: Boys
(vi) Secondary Schools: Girls
(vii)
Technical Schools
(viii)
University Education
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
EDUCATION II
(i) The
(ii)
Discussion with the Government 1821-1831
(iii)
The National Board
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(i) Medical Practice and the Medical Profession
(ii)
Public Health
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
THE PRESS
(i) Irish Newspapers in General
(ii)
The Dublin Newspapers
(iii)
The Provincial Press
(iv) The Specialist Press
(v)
The Government and the Press
(vi) The Newsagents
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
SCIENCE AND INVENTION
(i) Science in General
(ii)
Irish Language and Antiquities
(iii)
Scientific and Learned Societies
(iv) Improving or Practical Societies
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
(i) Literature
(ii)
Books, Libraries, and Reading Rooms
(iii)
The Theatre and Theatricals
(iv) Architecture, Art, and Music
(v)
Sport and Recreation
CHAPTER THIRTY
THE CONDITION OF WOMEN AND FEMINISM
(i) The Condition of Women
(ii)
Women's Rights
[Top]
REFERENCES
AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
(i) References
(ii)
Select Bibliography
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Index