PREFACE. 



Tm-: follov, of stud 



in Irish hi>t<>ry and Irish economics made by a 

 Continental observer, Dr. Moritz J. Bonn. Dr. 

 Bonn qualified himself for his task by a more 

 or less continuous residence of several years in 



1. He made acquaintance with its lead 

 men of all parties ; he laid the foundation of 

 knowledge of the conditions of modern Ireland 



lorough study of the history of the coun 

 from the Norman conquest downwards ; he made 

 aself familiar with the laws and institutions 

 of the country by the close observation of their 

 operation in contemporary life, as well as by ; 



of official publications. His attitude is 

 t of a foreigner, quite removed from the in- 

 fluences of party politics. He has wished to see 

 ire to regard Ireland (or as 

 much of Ireland as he here deals with) from 



standpoint of general European cult 

 Much has been written about Ireland in 



