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 Land fells at 20 years purchafe; has fallen 

 in 5 or 6 years 2s. to 6s. an acre, in general 5s. 

 Tythes are compounded for, wheat 7s. bere 6s. 

 barley 5s. oats 3s. 6d. mowing ground 3s. 

 peafe 2s. 6d. No tea in the cabbins, nor yet 

 a bellyfull of potatoes. They have an acre 

 of land and a cottage for il. is. to il. ios. and 

 about ~ of that in potatoes, they buy w\ 

 they have not of their own, both oats, m 

 or potatoes : a barrel of potatoes will laft a 

 man, his wife, and four children a weekj 

 one barrel of oats will yield 1 cwt. of oatmeal, 

 which fells at 8s. 6d. to ios. and will in Jlir- 

 about laft them a week, that is the fame time 

 as a barrel of potatoes. They in general keep 

 a cow at il. is. to il. ios. but they mull buy 

 12s. to 14s. of hay for her. They alfo keep a 

 pig on offal. 



Stealing is very common, they take every 

 thing they can lay their hands on, yet are not 

 fo poor here as in Clare and Tipperary. Corn 

 all carried to Dublin for the premium, that on 

 the malt and flour pays all the expenfes, but 

 not the wheat. Population evidently increafes. 

 No emigrations. Religion of the lower claiTes 

 all catholick. A poor man's firing 14s. or 1 5s. 



Expenfe of building a cabbin 3I. 3s. of fione 

 and flate 20L all to a farm of 50 acres, of ftone 

 and flate 300I. 



In converfation upon the fubjed: of a union 



with Great Britain, 1 was informed that no- 



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