Excerpt from An Olive Branch in Ireland and Its History During the last seven years there has been going on, to the inconvenience of all political parties, and almost unknown to the general public, a transformation Of unique interest in the relations between the races which divide Ireland, and in their mutual attitude towards the Empire. For the first time in a history of many centuries of spoliation and Oppression on the one side, and unconquerable resistance on the other, a means has been found Of making the substantial interests of the warring races and creeds identical, and at the same time Of making their fusion an event of no less happy augury for the neighbouring island, whose interest, or at least statecraft, once lay in preventing it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.