Excerpt from Home Life in Ireland I wish to thank Mrs N. F. Dryhurst and Mr J. W. Good for the help they gave me at various points while I was writing this book - help all the more generous because neither of them is likely to agree with all I say. Padraic O Coin ceannain will perhaps recognise something like the echo Of his voice in one of the chapters. Mr and Mrs Robert Steen may not see the image Of their kindness reflected in these pages, but it is none the less there, for it was in their house and in the house at Killure that I received the most abundant hospitality I have known, and was initiated into the friendship of country people and places. 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.