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introduced by Brian Borrhoimi after he had 

 united the Irish clans under one banner, ac- 

 complishing the deliverance of their common 

 country from the thraldom and slavery under 

 which it had suffered from the Danish yoke ; 

 but was introduced by either modern landlords 

 or modern tenants for the special purpose of 

 benefiting either the one or the other, and agreed 

 to by both. We believe the system to be a 

 landlords'-sy stern or landlord-right rather than 

 a tenant-right, and that it originated with 

 landlords : but, be that as it may, it is imma- 

 terial to the question at issue which of the two 

 gave birth to the scheme ; for if it is purely a 

 landlord- scheme, then it cannot be brought 

 forward as the means which have been instru- 

 mental in advancing the condition of the 

 peasantry of Armagh beyond that of those of 

 Tipperary ; and if, on the other hand, it is 

 purely a tenant-scheme, why did not and do 

 not the tenantry of the south and west adopt it, 

 as formerly noticed? 



2. The tenant-right schemes now in agitation 

 for the amelioration of the British farmer, are 

 measures adapted not to the poor man but to 

 men of capital, who have plenty of money to 



