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THE WILD IRISHMAN

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THE WILD
IRISHMAN

BY
T. W. H. CROSLAND

Author of
“The Unspeakable Scot”

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1905

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Copyright, 1905, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published October, 1905.

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PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION

The people of America may or may notindulge kindly views of the Irish community;but there cannot be the slightest question thatthe Irish of Ireland have kindlier feelingsfor America than ever they have had forEngland. To the Irish of Ireland, in fact,America has long stood in the relation of asort of promised land, and they have a habitof turning their thoughts thitherward evenwhen small matters are concerned. Thereis a tale of an elderly lady of Galway who,on being informed by her medical attendantthat it was desirable that she should consulta dental specialist, set forth incontinently forNew York to the total neglect of London.She believed that of the two places, New[vi]York was the friendlier. I am informed that,broadly speaking, New York is policed byIrish Americans and that the American Irishmanmakes a rather useful subordinatemunicipal official. Be this as it may, therecan be no doubt that very considerable numbersof Irishmen contrive to do themselvesa great deal better in the United States thanthey could ever have hoped to do in theirown native Erin. To those Americans andAmerican Irish who happen to be at all interestedin the present condition and prospectsof the green country, I venture to offerthe following pages for what they are worth.

T. W. H. C.

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