As To The Old History Of Ireland,

Our Curses On Them That Boil The Eggs Too Hard! What Use Is An Egg That Is Hard To Any Person On Earth?

In Writing A Little Tragedy, 'the Gaol Gate,' I Made The Scenario In Three Lines, 'he Is An Informer; He Is Dead; He Is Hanged.' I Wrote That Play Very Quickly.

My Husband Was In The War Of The Crimea. It Is Terrible The Hardships He Went Through‚ To Be Two Months Without Going Into A House‚ Under The Snow In Trenches. And No Food To Get‚ Maybe A Biscuit In The Day. And There Was Enough Food There‚ He Said‚ To Feed All Ireland; But Bad Management‚ They Could Not Get It.

Irish History Having Been Forbidden In Schools, Has Been, To A Great Extent, Learned From Raftery's Poems By The People Of Mayo, Where He Was Born, And Of Galway, Where He Spent His Later Years.

It Was At Inver Slane, To The North Of Leinster, The Sons Of Gaedhal Of The Shining Armour, The Very Gentle, That Were Called Afterwards The Sons Of The Gael, Made Their First Attempt To Land In Ireland To Avenge Ith, One Of Their Race That Had Come There One Time And Had Met With His Death.