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ON THE STATE OF IRELAND, [BOOK I. 



parishes in each ecclesiastical province of Ireland, furnished 

 by the Commissioners, who in 1834 were charged to in- 

 quire into the state of instruction in that country : 



The amount of the tithes varies much in the different 

 parishes, from 1 d. to 4s. per acre ; and the witnesses de- 

 posed, that the collectors levied them with such rigour, 

 that they had caused a great proportion of the disturb- 

 ances which had taken place by their attempts at extor- 

 tion. 



In the barony of Galmoy, province of Leinster, a 

 woman's cloak was snatched from her as she was going to 

 mass, for payment of tithes due to the English clergyman. 

 From this cause, according to the witnesses, disturbances 

 have prevailed in this barony, and tranquillity has only 

 been restored since the collectors have no longer dared to 

 levy the tithes. 



A magistrate in the barony of Gowran, province of 

 Leinster, declared that all the crimes committed in that 

 district were upon lands which have been given to other 

 persons, upon the ejectment of farmers for the non-pay- 

 ment of tithes ; and he gives a list of crimes committed 

 from this motive of revenge against the new tenants. 

 More than twenty houses were attacked in the early part 

 of 1833 ; several farmers were killed, and others wounded 

 or beaten by armed bodies of men. 



