Samuel Murray Hussey, one of Ireland’s best-known talkers, managed great estates in the south-west of Ireland for decades, up to and through the Land War. Taken down in his own conversational style, his memories range over his family and schooling, farming, life as an agent, Daniel O’Connell’s wit, the judges of the Four Courts and the boycotts and dangers of his trade.
Vivid, partisan recollections from the landlord side of nineteenth-century Ireland. Download the free EPUB.