Ireland Since the Larne Gun-Running

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Excerpt from Ireland Since the Larne Gun-Running: A Chapter of Contemporary HistoryNo wonder then, as Ambassador Gerard assures us. That the preparations for civil war in Ireland were a con tributory factor in deciding the Kaiser to start the War. Meanwhile, the success with which the Orangemen had armed against the British Parliament had electrified the rest of Ireland. All through the nineteenth century. Ire land, though nominally united on an equal footing to Eng land, was treated as a conquered country, the inhabitants of which might not have either militia or arms. Carson's Volunteers had however won for one corner and one arty in Ireland, this primary right of a citizen - the ri t to bear arms in defence of his country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.