 | John Dubourdieu - Agriculture - 1812 - 820 pages
...found. The inhabitants are a simple, laborious, and honest race of people, and possess a great degree of affection for their own country, always speaking...town of Ballycastle is much frequented by them on the fair-days, where from their small boats they are seen landing their cattle, and other productions of... | |
 | John Dubourdieu - Northern Ireland - 1812 - 428 pages
...found. The inhabitants are a simple, laborious, and honest race of people, and possess a great degree of affection for their own country, always speaking...town of Ballycastle is much frequented by them on the fair-days, where from their small boats they are seen landing their cattle, and other productions of... | |
 | John Dubourdieu - Agriculture - 1812 - 876 pages
...found. The inhabitants are a simple, laborious, and honest race of people, and possess a great degree of affection for their own country, always speaking...foreign land. A common and heavy curse among them is, 'i May Ireland be your latter end," with which they have not much intercourse, from the difficulty... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1837 - 642 pages
...Doctor Hamilton says, "that in conversation they always speak of Ireland as a foreign kingdom—and a common and heavy curse among them is, ' may Ireland be your latter end.'" In my intercourse with them, however, I did not observe that repugnance to visit the mainland, experienced... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - Ireland - 1837 - 644 pages
...Doctor Hamilton says, "that in conversation they always speak of Ireland as a foreign kingdom — and a common and heavy curse among them is, ' may Ireland be your latter end.' " In my intercourse with them, however, I did not observe that repugnance to visit the mainland, experienced... | |
 | 1881 - 502 pages
...rats and the straw mouse. The inhabitants are a simple laborious people, and possess a great degree of affection for their own country, always speaking of Ireland as of a foreign land. A common expression used as a curse is " May Ireland be your latter end." Several curiosities have from time... | |
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... soil. This island contains no native quadruped except rats, and the little straw mouse, which is sometimes found. The inhabitants are a simple, laborious, and honest race of people, and possess a great degree of affection for their own country, always... 