108 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



travelled through the Co. Mayo, I never remember 

 having seen a specimen of the type described ; and 

 indeed they struck me as a kindly, hardy, and fine 

 race of men." 



109. William E. O'Shea, Esq., a native of 

 Limerick, Sub-Inspector of the R. I. Constabulary: 

 " May 21, 1870, Easky, Sligo. The Sligo peasant 

 is not so tall or well made as the Limerick man, 

 and appears to me thinner and more delicate- 

 altogether 5 feet 8 inches is about the average 

 height. 



" They are well featured as a rule, without ' 

 prominent cheek-bones, mouth rather small ; 

 average-sized, straight or Roman noses prevail 

 the ' celestial ' is at a discount. I have remarked 

 the absence of rosy faces ; the expression is 

 generally more serious than in the South, and is a 

 little care-worn. In Erris and Tyrawly the people 

 are decidedly inferior in physique to my immediate 

 neighbours " (of North Sligo). 



110. James W. Raleigh, Esq., a native of Clare, 

 former District-Inspector of Constabulary in Leitrim, 

 wrote while stationed in Kildare County, in 1886 : 

 " The peasants of Mayo, Leitrim, and Sligo, are 

 about 5 feet 7 inches or 5 feet 8 ; they are as comely 

 as the Irish of other parts, but not as tall as the 

 people of Clare." 



