Project Gutenberg 2009-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 946 Buckley, Robert John 1847 1938 Ireland as it is, and as it would be under Home Rule Produced by Jeannie Howse, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ireland as It Is, and as It Would Be Under Home Rule" by Robert John Buckley is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work comprises a series of letters penned by the author, who acted as the Special Commissioner for a Birmingham newspaper, capturing the sentiment around the contentious Home Rule debate in Ireland around 1893. The text reflects on the political climate, societal tensions, and the implications of the proposed Home Rule legislation, illustrating the conflict between Irish Nationalists and Unionists. The opening of the book sets the stage for the author's observations as he arrives in Dublin amidst intense discussions about Home Rule, capturing the palpable anxiety and fervid opposition among the industrial community and the educated classes. Buckley documents encounters with various individuals, revealing the wide range of opinions and the deep-seated fears regarding the potential outcomes of Home Rule legislation. Notably, he emphasizes the contrast between Dublin's anxious upper classes and the more incredulous and hopeful perspectives of the poorer, less educated communities, illustrating a complex and nuanced view of the Irish socio-political landscape at the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Home rule -- Ireland Irish question Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901 DA Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Politics Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 1445435 2025-06-12T09:49:20.398405 text/html 1431099 2009-08-17T00:01:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1264029 2009-08-17T00:01:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1371103 2025-06-12T09:49:43.601325 application/epub+zip 1391009 2025-06-12T09:49:27.263409 application/epub+zip 659094 2025-06-12T09:49:24.232403 application/epub+zip 1979614 2025-06-12T09:49:54.901234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1896764 2025-06-12T09:49:40.435359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1051423 2022-09-13T16:45:08.976436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1324359 2025-06-12T09:49:18.166477 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1324032 2009-08-17T00:01:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 525573 2009-08-17T00:01:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1324041 2009-08-17T00:01:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 525382 2009-08-17T00:01:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20743 2025-06-12T09:49:55.070277 application/rdf+xml 21320 2025-06-12T09:49:24.909384 image/jpeg 4709 2025-06-12T09:49:24.579427 image/jpeg 1359018 2025-06-12T09:49:20.574486 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia