Part 2 — INDEX

A.E. (George W. Russell) 200

Agitation as a policy, 82, 83

Agricultural Board, 228, 234, seq. 269

Agriculture:--

Agricultural Holdings:-- Improvement of, 46 seq. Transfer of peasants to new farms, 48 seq. Agricultural Organisation: Denmark, 131 Department of Agriculture and farmers' societies, 211 England, Mr. Hanbury's and Lord Onslow's views, 242 Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (see that title) Societies 44, 45 Co-operation (see that title). Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (see that title) Depression in, 179 Education in relation to, 126, 264 seq. 269 Exodus of Rural Population, 39 State-Aid, 45, 211 Tillage, decrease of, 42

Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 224, 227, 236, 238

Albert Institute, Glasnevin, 230, 271

Altruism, appeal to in co-operation, 210

America, Irish in: 72

Causes of their success and failure, 55 seq. Irish in American politics, 70 seq. Loss of religion in, 111

Anderson, R.A.:--

Co-operative movement, 184, 190 Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, 200

Andrews, Mr. Thomas:--

Recess Committee, 219

Anti-English Sentiment:--

Irish in America and, 72 Nature and cause, 13

Anti-Treating League, 114

Arnott, Sir John:--

Recess Committee, 218

Art, modern ecclesiastical art in Ireland, 108

Association, economic, value of, 167

Associative qualities of the Irish, 166

Bacon Curing:--

Denmark, 131, 194

Bagot, Canon:--

Creamery movement, 189

Balfour, Arthur:--168

Irish policy, 243, 244

Balfour, Gerald:--243, 256

Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 225, 233 Local Government Act, 224, 238, 240 Policy of explained, 225 Recess Committee Proposals; Bill, 224

Banks, agricultural credit, 195 seq.

Barley Experiments of the Department of Agriculture, 282

Belfast Chamber of Commerce and Home Rule, 67

Berkeley, Bishop:--

Irish priests, 141 On "Mending our state," 6 "Parties" and "politics," 63

Bessborough Commission, tenants improvements, &c. 22

Board of National Education, 126

Board of Technical Instruction, 228, 234 seq. 257

Bodley's _France_, Madame Darmesteter's review, 242

Boer war and the Irish attitude, 9

Bogs, utilisation of, 249

Boycotting, 87

Bright, John:--

Peasant proprietorship, 25

Brooke, Stopford, 92

Buckle, personal factor in history, 27

Bulwer Lytton, 34

Burke, 137

Butt, Isaac, 78

Butter, Danish, 131

Cadogan, Lord, 224

Catholic Association, 99

Catholic Emancipation Act, 104, 125, 132

Catholic University (see University Question).

Celtic Race, Harold Frederic's opinion, 161 seq.

Character:--

Associative qualities of the Irish, 166 Education and character, 144 Gaelic Revival, effect of on national character, 148, 155 Industrial character, 18 Irish inefficiency a problem of character, 32 Irish question a problem of character, 32, 59, 164 Lack of initiative in Irish character, 163 Moral timidity of Irish character, 64, 65, 80, 81 Prosperity of Ireland, to be founded on character, 291 Roman Catholicism and Irish character, 101-105, 110

Chesterfield, Lord:--

Education as the cause of difference in the character of men, 144

Christian Brothers' Schools, 131

Christian Socialists, 184

Church-building in Ireland,. 107

Church Disestablishment Act, 1869,--Land Purchase Clauses, 25

Clan-System in Ireland, 75

Clergy, Roman Catholic:--

Action and attitude towards questions of the day 105 Authority, 96, 105 seq. Moral influence, 115, 116 Political influence, 117 Temperance reform, 112, 114

College of Science and Department of Agriculture, 229

Colonies, history of the Irish in, 72 seq.

Commercial Restrictions--effect of on Irish industrial character, 17 seq.

Con O'Neal forbids his posterity to build houses, etc., 57

Congested Districts Board:--

Agricultural banks, loans to 197 Department of Agriculture and, 245 Land Act (1903) and, 245 Success of, 243, 244

Convents and Monasteries, increase of, 108

Co-operative Movement:--

Agricultural Banks, 195 seq. Agricultural depression, cause of, 179 Altruism, appeal to, 210 Anderson, R.A., 184, 190, 200 Associative qualities of Irish, 166, 178, 186 Beginnings, 178 Combination, necessity of, 181 Co-operative Union, Manchester, 184 Craig, Mr. E.T., and the Vandeleur Estate, 184 Creameries, 187 seq. Denmark, 131, 194 Educating adults, 177 English co-operation, 166, 184 Finlay, Father Thomas, 119, 192, 218 Gaelic Revival and, 149 seq. Gray, Mr. T.C., 184 Holyoake, Mr., 184 Hughes, Mr. Tom, 184 Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (see that title). _Irish Homestead_, 190, 202 Ludlow, Mr., 184 Marum, Mr. Mulhallen, 189 Middlemen, 180 Monteagle, Lord, 184 Moral effects, 207, 208 Neale, Mr. Vansittart, 184 Necessity of co-operation for small landholders, 44 seq. Production and distribution problems, 179, 180 Roman Catholic clergy and, 119 State-aid side, 45, 165 Success, causes of 210, 211 Vandeleur estate community, 184 Village libraries, 199 Wolff, Mr. Henry W., 199 Yerburgh, Mr., 199

Cork:--

Exhibition, Department's Exhibit, 119, 285 seq.

Craig, Mr. E.T.--

Co-operative Movement 184

Creameries, co-operative, beginnings, 187 seq.

Crop improvement schemes of the Department, 282

Council of Agriculture, 228, 232 seq. 257

Dairying Industry--Co-operation and, 187 seq.

Dane, Mr.:--

Recess Committee, 218

Darmesteter, Madame, _Syndicats agricoles_, 242

Davis, Thomas:--137

Political Methods, 77, 83

Denmark:--

Co-operation in, 131, 194 High Schools, 131

Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction:-- 60

Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 224, 227, 236, 238 Agricultural Board, 228, 234 _seq._ 257 Agricultural education, 236, 237, 264 _seq._ 269, 272 Agricultural Organisation, 241 Albert Institute, Glasnevin, 230, 271 Balfour, Gerald, 225, 233 Board of Technical Instruction, 228, 234 _seq._ 257 College of Science and, 229 Congested Districts Board and Department, 245 Consultative Committee for Co-ordinating Education, 236, 237, 272 Constitution, etc., 228 Co-operative movement and the benefits of organisation, 241 Cork Exhibition exhibit, 119, 285 _seq._ Council of Agriculture, 228, 232 _seq._ 257 Crop improvement schemes 282 Domestic economy teaching, 272 Early days' experiences, 217 _seq._ Educational policy, 236, 237, 272, 274 Educational work, 262 Endowment, etc., 231 Home Industries, 275 Industrial education and industrial life, 130 Intermediate Education Board and, 235, 237 Itinerant instruction, 126, 270 Irish Agricultural Organisation Society and, 203 Live Stock Schemes, 279 Local Committees, 261 Local Government Act and work of Department, 239 Metropolitan School of Art 230 Munster Institute, Cork, and, 230, 274 Parliamentary representation, 220, 228 Powers, 229 _seq._ Provincial Committees, 234 Purposes, 228 Recess Committee's Recommendations, 220 Royal Dublin Society and, 279 Rural life improvement, 159 Sea Fisheries, 282 Staff, 228 Teachers, 267 Technical instruction, 130, 228, 234, _seq._, 257, 263, 267, 279 Work already accomplished, 278 _seq._

Desmolins, M.:--

English love of home, 53

Devon Commission, tenants'

improvements, 22

Dineen, Rev. P.S.:--

Editor O'Rahilly's poems, 76

Dixon, Sir Daniel:--

Recess Committee, 218

Domestic economy teaching, 272

Drink Evil:--

Anti-Treating League, 114 Causes, 112 Roman Catholic Clergy's influence, 112, 114

Dudley, Lord, 170, 290

Dufferin, Lord:--

Effect of commercial restrictions in Ireland, 20

Duffy, Sir C.G. 77

Dunraven Conference, 8, 10, 207

Economic system in England, individualism of, 166

Economic thought:--

Influence of Roman Catholicism, 101 seq. Lack of in Ireland, 133 seq.

Education:--

Agricultural instruction, 126 264 seq. 269 Board of National Education, 126 Christian Brothers, 131 Commissioners of National Education, 235 Consultative Committee for co-ordinating Education, 236, 237, 272 Continental methods, 129 Defects of present system, 128 Denmark High Schools, 131 Department of Agriculture's policy and work, 236, 237, 262, 272, 274 Economic, 130, 133 Education Bill, 99 English education in Ireland, 122 Influence of on national life, 59 Industrial, 130, 264 Intermediate Education system, 128, 235, 237 Irish education schemes, 123 seq. Itinerant instruction, 126, 270 Keenan, Sir Patrick, 126 Kildare Street Society, 123 Literary Education, 131 Lord Chesterfield on Education 144 Manual and Practical Instruction in Primary Schools, Commission, 128, 129 Maynooth, influence of, 134-136, 138, 139 Monastic and Conventual institutions, 108 National factor in national education, 152, 153 Practical, 129 seq. Reports of Commissions, 127 Roman Catholics, higher education, 97, 132, 133 Royal University, 128 Technical instruction, 228, 231 seq., 257, 263 Trinity College, influence of, 134, 136 seq. University:-- Place of the University in education, 133 Royal Commission on University Education, 128 Wyse's Scheme, 125

Education Bill, 99

Emigration, causes of, etc., 40, 116

England:--

Anti-English sentiment in Ireland, 13, 72 Co-operation in, 166, 184, 192, 206, 242 Economic system, individualism of, 166 Misunderstanding of Irish question, 7 seq.

Ewart, Sir William:--

Recess Committee, 218

Experimental Plots of the Department, 281

Ferguson, Sir Samuel:--

National sentiment, 154

Field, Mr. William, 217

Finlay, Father Thomas:-- 119, 208

Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, 192 Recess Committee 218

Fisheries--Department of Agriculture, development scheme, 282 seq

Flax improvement Schemes, 282

_Fortnightly Review_:--

Harold Frederic on Irish Question, 162

France, _syndicats agricoles_, 242

Franchise extension in 1885, effects of on Irish political thought, 78

Frederic, Harold:--

Views on Irish question, 161 seq.

Free Trade, effect of in Ireland, 19

Gaelic Revival:-- 148 seq.

Appeal to the individual 155 Co-operative movement and, 149 seq. Gaelic League, aims and objects, 150 Hyde, Douglas, 151 Irish language as a commercial medium, 158 National factor in education, importance of, 153 Politics and the Gaelic revival, 156, 187 Rural life, rehabilitation, 159

Gill, Mr. T.P.:--

Recess Committee, 219

Gladstone:-- 85

Belfast Chamber of Commerce, Home Rule deputation, 67 Home Rule, attitude towards, 3, 66, 67 Tenants' improvements, 22

Glasnevin, Albert Institute, 230, 271

Grattan, 137

Gray, Mr. J.C.:--

Co-operative movement, 181

Grazing, increase of, 42

Grundtvig, Bishop, 131

Hanbury, Mr.:-- 251

Agricultural Societies, necessity of, 242 Suppression of Swine Fever, 252

Hannon, Mr. P.J.--I.A.O.S. 200

Harrington, Mr. T.C.:--

Recess Committee 218

Healy, Archbishop, work for Ireland, 118

Hegarty, Father, work for Ireland, 119

Historical Grievances, 14, 17, 59, 104, seq. 120, 147

Holdings, small, problem of, 46

Holyoake, Mr.:--

Co-operative Movement, 184

Domestic Economy Teaching, 272

Home: Improvement of, 159

Irish Conception of, 53 Irish, "homelessness at home," cause of 57, 58

Home Industries, 192, 275

Home Rule:--Bill 1886, 61

Gladstone's attitude to the question 3 Nationalist tactics as a means of attaining 84 Rosebery, Lord, attitude to the question, 4 Ulster and Home Rule, 66, 86. seq. Unionist attitude towards, 35

Hughes, Tom, Co-operative Movement, 184

Hyde, Douglas, 151

Individualism of English economic system, 166

Industrial character of the Irish, effect of commercial restrictions, 18

Industrial leadership, and political leadership, 212

Industry:--

Commercial Restrictions, 16-20 Education and Industrial Life, 130 Free Trade, effect of, 19 Gaelic League and, 135 Home Rule and, 87 Peasant Industries 52 Protestantism and Industry 100 Roman Catholicism and Industry. 100, 103 seq. State-Aid 45

Initiative, lack of in Irish character, 163

Intermediate Education 128, 235, 237

Irish Agricultural Organisation Society:-- 149

Agricultural Banks, 195 _seq._ Agricultural Organisation:-- Denmark, 131 Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Societies, 241 England, Mr. Hanbury's view, 242 Onslow, Lord, opinion, 242 Welsh Co. Councils, and, 242 Anderson, R.A., 200 Central body, necessity for 194 Cork Exhibition, tours organised by, 286 Department of Agriculture and, 203 Federations, principal, 193 Finlay, Father Thomas, 119, 192, 208, 218 Funds, 202 seq. Gaelic revival and the co-operative movement, 149 _seq._ Hannon, Mr. P.J., 200 Inauguration, 191 _Irish, Homestead_, 190, 202 Monteagle, Lord, 192 Roman Catholic clergy and the movement, 119 Rural life social movements, 159, 199 Russell, George W. (A.E.), 200 Societies, number, etc. 192 Staff, &c. 200 Village libraries, 199

_Irish Homestead_, 190, 202

Irish language as a commercial medium, 158

"Irish night" in House of Commons, 2

Irish Question:--

Anomalies, 33 Character, a problem of, 32, 59, 164 Emigration, 40 English misunderstanding, 7 _seq._ Frederic, Harold, diagnosis by, 161 seq. Gaelic Revival and, 148 Historical grievances, 16 seq. Home Rule (see that title) Human problem, 2 Land Act marks a new era in, 11 Land system (see that title). Our ignorance about ourselves 32 Parnell's death, effect of, 5 Political remedies, Irish belief in, 33 Rural life, problem, 39, 57, 263 Sentiment, force of, 15 Ulster's attitude important, 38

Itinerant Instructors, 126, 127, 271, 284

Johnson, Dr., on "economy," 278

Kane, Rev. R.R.:-- 157

Recess Committee, 218

Keenan, Sir Patrick:--

Itinerant instructors, 126, 127

Kelly, Dr. (Bishop of Ross):--

Work for Ireland, 118

Kildare Street School of Domestic Economy 274

Kildare Street Society, 123-125

Land Acts:--

1870, 23; 1881, 23, 24; 1891, Congested Districts, 243 1903:-- 10, 11, 42, 48, 245 Marks a new era in Ireland, 11 Transfer of peasants to new farms, 48

Land Conference:-- 93

Landed gentry not to be expatriated, 85 Nationalist leaders' attitude, 89

Land Purchase Acts, 25

Land Question and Tenure Question, 41, 42

Land system:-- 17

Causes of failure in Irish land system, 21 Dual ownership 25 Land Acts: 1870, 23; 1881, 23, 24; 1891, 243; 1903, 10, 11, 42, 48, 246. Land Purchase Acts, 25 Legislation, 23 seq. Peasant proprietorship, germs of, 25 Tenure question, 41, 42

Lawless, Emily:--

"With the Wild Geese," 92

Le Bon, "La Psychologie De la Foule," 167

Lea, Sir Thomas:--

Recess Committee, 218

Leadership in Ireland, political and industrial, 212

Lecky, Mr.:--

Irish grievances, 14 Kildare Street Society, 124

Live stock improvement schemes, 279

Liverpool Financial Reform Association, 127

Local Government:-- 83

Balfour, Mr. Gerald, 224, 238, 240 Department of Agriculture and local effort, Educative effect of, 90 Nationalist leaders' attitude 88 Success in working, 88, 240

Lucas, Mr., 77

Ludlow, Mr.:--

Co-operative movement, 184

McCarthy, Mr. Justin:--

Recess Committee, 215

Manchester, Co-operative Union 181

Manual and Practical Instruction in Primary Schools' Commission, 128, 129

Manures, Artificial--

Department of Agriculture's encouragement in the use of, 282

Marum, Mr. Mulhallen--Co-operative Movement 189

Maynooth, influence of, 134 136, 138, 139

Mayo, Lord:--

Recess Committee, 218

_Memorandum on Agricultural Education_ 269

Metropolitan School of Art, 230

Middlemen, 180

Monasteries and Convents, increase of, 108

Monteagle, Lord:--

Co-operative movement, 184 I.A.O.S. President, 192 Recess Committee 218

Moral timidity of Irish character, 65, 80, 81

Morals:--

Roman Catholic Clergy's influence on, 115, 116

Mulhall, Mr. Michael:--

Recess Committee, 219

Munster Institute, Cork, 230, 274

Musgrave, Sir James:--

Recess Committee, 219

National Education Board, Agricultural Teaching, 126

Nationalist Party:--

Home Rule, 35, 84 Land Conference and, 89 Local Government and, 88 Policy, 69 Qualifications of leaders, 90, 91 Recess Committee and, 222 Responsibility of leaders, 81 Tactics:-- 84 _seq._ Effect of on Irish political character, 80

Nationality:--

Education and nationality, 152 _seq._ Expansion of, outside party politics, 154 Modern conception of Irish nationality, 76

Neale, Vansittart:--

Co-operative movement, 184

O'Connell, 77

O'Conor Don:--

Recess Committee, 218

O'Dea, Dr.:--

University Commission, statements, 109, 141

O'Donnell, Dr.:--

Ploughing up of grazing lands, 43

O'Donovan, Father, 119

O'Dwyer, Dr.:--

Evidence before University Commission, 140

O'Gara, Dr.:--

On the cultivation of the land, 43

O'Grady, Standish, 154

Onslow, Lord:--

Agricultural organisation, benefit of, 242

O'Rahilly, Egan:--

Lament for the Irish clans, 27

Oyster Culture, 283

Parnell:-- 48, 78

Downfall, effect on national idea and aims, 5, 79, 80

Peasant industries, necessity for, 52

Peasant Proprietary:--

Agricultural organisation, necessity of, 44 seq. Bright, John, and, 25 Peasant industries, necessity of, 52 Problem of next generation, 50, 51

Penal laws, effect of, 104, 132

Plantation system, 76

Politics:--

Agitation as a policy, 82, 83 America, Irish in politics in, 70 _seq,_ Gaelic revival and politics, 156, 157 Irishmen as politicians,. 69 _seq._ "Irish night" in House of Commons, 92 Nationalist leaders' effect on Irish political character, 80 Obsession of the Irish mind by politics, 59, 61 seq. "One-man" system, 79 Political leadership and industrial leadership, 212 Political remedies, Irish belief in, 33 Political "wilderness," 91 "Priest in politics," 117 Separation, 87 Ulster Liberal Unionist Association, 66 Unionists (Irish):-- Industrial element and, 67, 68 Influence in Irish life, 63 _seq._

Population.--

Relation of population to area, 49

Potato culture improvement schemes, 282

Production and distribution, problems, 179, 180

Protestantism:--

Duty of, 119 Ulster, 98, 99

Raiffeisen System of banking, 195-198

Railways--Light railway system, 243

_Raimeis_, 153

Recess Committee:-- 83, 210 _seq._ 238, 241

Cadogan, Lord, and, 224, 225 Constitution proposed, 215 Finlay, Father Thomas, 218 Gill, Mr. T.P. 219 Ideas leading to its formation, 213 M'Carthy, Mr. Justin, letter, 215 Members, 218 Mulhall, Mr. Michael, 219 Nationalist members, 222 Recommendations, 220 Redmond, Mr. John, and, 217 Report, 10, 129, 221 Results, 223 _seq._ State-aid question, 223 Tisserand's memorandum, 220

Redmond, Mr. John:--

Recess Committee, 217

Religion:--

Influence of on Irish life, 59, 94 _seq._ Protestantism, 98, 99, 119 Roman Catholic Church (see that title). Sectarian animosities, 98, 99 Toleration, meaning of word, 95

Ritualistic movement, 99

Robertson, Lord:--

University Commission, 140

Roman Catholic Church:--

Church-building and increase of monasteries, etc., 107, 108, 109 Clergy:-- Action and attitude towards questions of the day, 105 seq. Authority of, 98, 105 _seq._ Co-operative movement, 119 Moral influence, 115, 116 Political influence, 77, 117 Temperance reform, 112, 114 Economic conditions, influence on 101 _seq._ Effect on Irish character, 101-105, 110 Higher education of Roman Catholics, 97, 132

Rosebery, Lord:--

Attitude towards Home Rule, 4

Ross, Mr. John:--

Recess Committee, 218

Royal College of Science, 229, 268, 270

Royal Commission on University Education, 118, 128, 140

Royal Dublin Society, Aid to Department of Agriculture, 279

Royal University education, defects in, 128

Rural life:--

Emigration, causes of, 40, 116 Gaelic revival's influence on, 159 Industries, 52, 262, 266 Problem of, 39, 51, 263 Rehabilitation, 159, 199

Russell, George W. (A.E.), 200

Salisbury, Lord:--

"Twenty years of resolute government," 61

Saunderson, Colonel:--

Recess Committee, 217

Scotch-Irish in America, 71

Sea Fisheries--Department of Agriculture's improvement schemes, 282

Self-help movement (see Co-operative movement).

Sentiment:--

Anti-English, cause of, 13 seq. Force of in Irish question, 15, 127

Separation, Home Rule and, 87

Shinnors, Rev. Mr.:--

Irish in America, 111

Sinclair, Thomas:--

Recess Committee, 218

Social order, Irish attachment to, 54

_Spectator_:--English non-allowance for sentiment, 15

_Speed's Chronicle_:--

Con O'Neal, etc. 57

Spencer, Lord, 168

Starkie, Dr.:--

Mr. Wyse's education scheme, 126

State-aid:-- 45, 211, 219, 220, 223

Stephen, J.K. ("Cynicus") 164

Stopford Brooke, 92

Swine fever, 251

Technical Instruction, 130, 228, 234 seq. 257, 263, 267, 279

Temperance Reform, 112 seq.

Tenure question and land question, 41

Tillage, decrease of, 42

Tisserand, M.:--

Recess Committee memorandum, 220

Tobacco culture, 282

Trinity College, influence of, 134, 136 _seq._

Two Irelands, 37

Ulster:--

Attitude towards the rest of Ireland, 38 Home Rule, objections to, 66, 86, 87

Ulster Liberal Unionist Association, political thought in, 66

Unionist (Irish) Party:--

Industrial element in Irish life and, 67, 68, 86 Influence in Irish life, 63_seq._ Policy, 68 Ulster and Home Rule, 66,86 _seq._

United Ireland, first real conception of, 77

United Irish League, 90

University Question:-- 99, 109

Catholic University:-- O'Dea, Dr., on, 141 O'Dwyer, Dr., on, 140 Hyde, Dr., evidence before Commission, 151 Maynooth, influence of, 134, 136, 138, 139 Place of the University in education, 133 Trinity College, influence of, 134, 136 _seq._ University reform necessary, 138

Vandeleur Estate, co-operative community, 184

Village libraries, 119, 199

Wolff, Mr. Henry W.:--

People's banks, 199

Wyndham, Mr.:--

Land Act. 1903, 10, 12

Wyse, Mr. Thomas:--

Scheme of Irish education, 125

Yeats, W.B. 154

Yerburgh, Mr. R.A.:--

Agricultural banks, 199