The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent

by Samuel Murray Hussey

Cadogan, Earl of, [169].
Cahirciveen, fenianism at, [66], [152];
drink traffic at, [113];
poverty of, [214].
Cahirnane, sale of, by Hussey family, [5].
Cairns, Lord, [122], [271].
Callaghan, Michael, [273].
Callinafercy estate, [144], [159].
Carden, Woodcock,' [255].
Carew Manuscript, the, [4].
Carlingford, Lord, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, [165], [169], [204], [268], [269].
Carlisle, Earl of, [162]-[163].
Carlton Club, [117], [188], [297].
Carlyle, Mr. Thomas, [283].
Carnarvon, Earl of, [167].
Cassini, Count, [291].
Castle Gregory, Walter Hussey, owned by, [4].
Castleisland, opposition to Mr. Hussey at, [84], [214], [215];
Mr. Dease assaulted at, [95];
drink traffic at, [102], [103].
Castle of Doon, ruins of, [91].
Castle-Drum, land owned by Hussey family at, [2].
Castlerosse, Lord, [153]-[154].
Cattle, outrages on, [220]-[221].
Cavanagh, Mr., [152].
—— Mrs., [152]-[153].
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, [174], [252].
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, [86], [165], [175].
Characteristics of Irish nature, [140]-[161].
Charlestown, Land League outrage at, [253].
Chatelherault, dukedom of, claimed by Duke of Abercorn, [165].
Chief Secretaries—
Balfour, Mr. A.J., [172]-[173].
—— Mr. Gerald, [172]-[173].
Forster, Mr. W.E., [170]-[173].
Fortescue, Mr. Chichester (Lord Carlingford), [169].
Lowther, Mr. James, [172], [174].
Morley, Mr. John, [175].
Naas, Lord, [169].
Peel, Sir Robert, [169], [170].
Trevelyan, Sir George, [174]-[175].
Childers, Mr., Royal Commission, on, [181], [284].
Christian, Lord Justice, [83], [89].
Clare, Earl of (Col. Fitzgibbon), [164].
Clarendon, Earl of, [163].
Clergy—
Protestant, [120]-[122].
Roman Catholic, [115]-[120].
Clonbrook, Lord, [287].
Clonmel, Earl of, [287].
Cobbe, Miss, [57], [177].
Coffey, Bishop, [119].
—— Denis, [257].
Colthurst, Sir George, [38], [49], [96];
Ballyvourney, estate of, [208];
Rathcole estate, outrages on, [212].
Commissions on Land Question, Mr. Hussey's evidence before, [268]-[280];
Parnell case, [275]-[280].
Connor, Jeremiah, [245].
—— Thomas, [245].
Constabulary, the, [127]-[132].
Conway, Captain, [3].
—— Miss Avis (Mrs. Robert Blennerhassett), [3].
Corelli, Miss Marie, [98].
Cork and Orrery, Earl of, [199], [200], [218].
Cork Constitutional, Edenburn outrage, on the, [239]-[240].
—— Examiner, the, [96], [97], [244].
Corkaquiny, barony of, castles of the Hussey family in, [2].
Corn Law question, [51].
Corragun, Sir Dominic, [132].
County Club, Cork, [49].
—— —— Tralee, [97], [111], [242].
Cowen, Mr. Joseph, [204].
Cowper, Earl, [166];
Commission of, on Land Act, [271]-[272].
Cox, Sir William, [13].
Creameries, establishment of, [161].
Crime in Kerry, Judge O'Brien on, [229]-[234].
Crosbie, Bishop John, [3].
—— Colonel, [229].
Cruickshank family, the, [261].
Curraghila, land value at, [259].

Daily Telegraph, the, [222], [255].
Daly, Cornelius, Denis, and John, [245].
Davitt, Mr. Michael, [202], [260], [277], [278], [291].
De Bruce, Edward, [13].
De Freyne case, [118].
De Huse, Herbert, [6].
—— or Hussy, Nicholas, [6].
De la Huse, family name of Hussey, [6].
De Lacy, Hugh, Earl of Ulster, [6].
Dease, Mr., assault on, [95], [97].
—— Sir Gerald, [95].
Deasy, Lord Justice, [83].
Delane, Anne, [272].
Denny, Edmund, [3].
—— family, [8].
—— Miss, the 'Princess Royal,' [8].
—— Mr. Francis, [155].
Derby, Lord, Land League, threats from, [40];
Archbishop Magee, opinion of, [44];
anecdote of, [296].
Derrynane Bay, smuggling at, [24].
Desmond, Countess of, [282].
Devonshire, Duke of, [269].
Dillon, Mr., [79].
Dillwyn, Mr., [94].
Dinan, Jeremiah, [245].
Dingle, Hussey family settled at, [2];
present day, [5], [6];
yeomanry corps of, [14];
poverty of, [214].
Dispensaries, [135]-[139].
Doctors, dispensary, appointment of, [132].
Dolly's Brae, Orange procession at, [163].
Don, the O'Conor, [270].
Doneghan, Mr., [42]-[43].
Donelly, Mr. William, [52].
Donoughmore, Lady, [8].
Donovan, Sir Henry, [99].
Douglas, Mr., [57].
Downing, Miss Ellen, 'Mary,' [63].
—— Mr., [292].
Dowse, Baron, land purchase, opinion on, [205];
boycotting on, [214];
Grand Jury of Kerry, address to, [261];
commission on the Land Law, on, [270].
Doyle family, [250].
Drink, prevalence of, [101]-[114].
Dublin, population of, [176].
Dudley, Lord, [169].
Dufferin, Lord, [185].
Duffy, Mr. Charles Gavan, [100].
Dun, Mr. Finlay, [192]-[193], [207], [209].
Dunraven, Lord, [173], [271].

Edenburn, home of Mr. Hussey at, [73], [80]-[81];
outrage at, [235]-[247].
Egan, Patrick, [291].
Elections in Kerry, description of, [93]-[100].
Emigration, agents' treatment of emigrants, [57];
American offer to, [57]-[58].
Emmett, Robert, [156].
Engineering Surveyors' Institution, [42].
Erne, Lord, [213].
Esmonde, Sir Thomas, [294].
Evictions, number of, on Lord Kenmare's estate, [221].

Faith, Mr. George, [46].
Famine, the, [50]-[59].
Farms, sub-divisions of, [36].
Farranfore, evictions at, [251].
Fenianism, [60]-[70].
FitzGerald, family of, [3].
—— Lady (Miss Julia Hussey), [16].
—— Mr., member of Land Commission, [274].
—— Mrs., [173].
—— Mrs. Robert (Miss Ellen Hussey), [16].
—— Richard, [245].
—— Sir Peter (Knight of Kerry), [16].
Fitzpatrick, Sir Denis, [189].
FitzWalter, Theobald, [6].
Flaherty, Tim, [48].
Forster, Mr. Arnold, [171].
—— Mr. W.E., Chief Secretary, [163], [169], [170]-[172];
criticism, sensitiveness to, [211];
quoted, [216].
Free Trade, [51], [299].
Freeman, the, [96].
French, Mr., [222].
Froude, Mr. J.A., Mr. Hussey and,
friendship between, [5], [177], [227], [282]-[285].
Fry Commission, the, [185], [272].
—— Sir Edward, [272].

Gadstone and Ellis, Messrs., [258].
Generals, famous Irish, [156]-[157].
Gentleman, Mr. Goodman, [82].
—— Mr. Henry, [24].5.
Geraldine family, the, [192].
Gladstone, Mr.—
Irish emigration, attitude towards, [58].
Legislation, effects of, [60]-[61], [67], [108], [131], [179]-[193].
Letter to, from Mr. Arthur Blennerhassett, [258]-[259].
Mr. Hussey and, [84], [177]-[178].
Mr. W.E. Forster and, [170], [171].
Nationalist party, attitude towards, [195]-[196].
—— Mrs., anecdotes of, [45], [287].
Glasgow, morality of, [36].
Globe, the, [256].
Godfrey, Dowager Lady, [73].
—— Sir John, [154], [155].
Gough, Lord, [157].
Granard, Earl of, [118], [259].
Grant, Mr., [193].
Granville, Earl, [165].
Graves, Mr., [48].
Griffin, Andrew, [264].
Guest, Sir Ivor, [166].
Guillamore, Chief Baron, [160].
Gull, Mr., [132].

Haggerty, Jeremiah, outrage on, [217].
Harenc estate, the, bought by Mr. Samuel Hussey, [82]-[92], [278];
Land Act, effect on, [274].
Harenc, Mr., death of, [82].
Harnett, Mr., [251].
Harrington, Mr. T., [263]-[264], [294].
Harris, Mr. Matthew, [251].
Headley, Lord, [254], [255].
Henry, Mr. Mitchell, [204].
Herbert family, the, [5].
—— Mr. Charles, [3].
—— Mr. A.E., [252], [255];
murder of, [226]-[227].
—— Mr. William, [3].
Hewson, Mr., [84].
Hickson, Captain John,' Sovereign of Dingle,' anecdote of, [13]-[14].
—— Colonel, [273].
—— Mr., [79].
Hickson, Mr. Robert, [13].
—— Mrs., [53].
—— Mrs. Judith, [15].
Higgins, Bishop, [119].
Hitchcock, Mr., [6].
Hoffman, tenant of Mr. Hussey, case of, [273].
Hogan, William, [245].
Hogg, Mr., [21].
Home Rule Bill, [282], [287], [297].
—— —— Party, the, [194]-[195].
—— Rulers, Irish-American, [289]-[290].
Hore, Mr., house and haggards of, burnt, [4].
Houghton, Lord, [168]-[169].
Howorth, Sir Henry, [285]-[286].
Huddard's School at Dublin, [20]-[21].
Huddleston, Mr. Henry, house of, burnt, [4].
Husse, Sir Hugh, [6].
Hussey, origin of name, [6].
—— Colonel Maurice, [5]-[6], [100].
—— Miss Anne, [19].
—— —— Clarissa, [126].
—— —— Mary, [16].
—— Mr. Edward, [16].
—— —— James, [15]-[16], [19].
—— —— John, brother of Mr. Samuel, [15].
—— —— —— son of Mr. Samuel, [16].
—— —— Maurice, [16], [253], [297].
—— —— Michael, M.P. for Dingle, [7].
—— —— 'Red Precipitate,' [10], [12], [15].
—— —— Robert, [16].
—— —— Samuel, M., parentage of, [10]-[12];
early life and education of, [20]-[29];
farming, [30]-[37];
land agent in Cork, [38]et seq.;
to Colthurst property, [71];
candidature of, for Parliament, [96], [98];
Irish Land Act Commission, evidence before, [205]-[206], [268]-[280];
press criticisms of, [209]-[210], [248], [255], [256], [275];
Land Leaguers, threats from, [214], [224], [235]-[247];
Edenburn outrage, [235]-[247];
'Woodcock,' [255];
land sales, series of, letter to the Times regarding, [259];
Times, letter to, re Mr. Harrington, [263]-[264];
Parnell Commission, evidence before, [276]-[280];
Froude, friendship with, [282]-[285];
Sir Henry Howorth, friendship with, [285]-[286];
Protection, opinion on, [297]-[299].
—— —— Walter, [4].
Hussey, Mrs. (Miss Mary Hickson), [53];
descent of, [12]-[13].
—— —— Samuel (Miss Julia Agnes Hickson), [13].
—— Sir John, Earl of Galtrim, [6].

Inch East and Ardroe, [258].
—— Island, [258].
Industries, [142].
Inniscarra, [38].
Irish Citizen, the, [248].
Irish Land Commission, Mr. Hussey's evidence before, [205], [270]-[275].
Iveragh, barony of, [18].

Jeffreys, Mr., [49].
Jenkinson, Mr., [246].
Jenner, Mr., [132].
Johnson, Judge, [83].

Kanturk, [108].
Keagh, Judge, anecdote of, [87]-[88];
opinion of Irishmen, [130].
Kellegher, Mr. Jerry, anecdotes of, [10]-[12].
Kellehers, the, [88].
Kelly, Miss Mary, 'Eva,' [63].
Kenmare family, the, [3].
—— Earl of, succession to title, [95];
expenditure on estate improvements, [152], [196], [209], [221];
anecdote of, [153];
criticisms of, [209], [255];
House of Commons, debate on estate of, [221];
departure from Ireland, [224].
—— district, poverty of, [214].
Kerry, population, etc., of, [36]-[37];
clergy and churches in, [119]
Kerry Sentinel, Edenburn outrage, on the, [240].
Kilcockan parish, land value in, [193].
Kilcoleman, woods of, [155].
Kildare Street Club, [49].
Killarney, crime in, [66], [214].
—— House, home of Lord Kenmare, [115], [209].
Killeentierna House, home of Mr. A. Herbert, [226].
—— parish, church revenue of, [121].
Killiney parish, property of Hussey family in, [4].
Killorglin, Puck Fair at, [95], [104], [105];
voting at, [294].
Kilmainham gaol, [68].
Kilronan, evictions at, [258].
Kimberley, Earl of (Lord Wodehouse), [164], [165].
Kitchener, Lord, [157].

Laing, Mr., M.P. for Orkney, [198]-[199], [200].
Land Acts, Wyndham, the, [40], [41], [58], [187]-[188], [192];
Ashbourne, the, [41], [264];
Balfour's, of 1896, [84];
Gladstone's, of 1870, [181], [185]-[186];
of 1881, [71], [181]-[189];
effects of, [196]-[200], [274], [282].
Land League—
Church and, [118].
Effects of, [199]-[200], [202], [208].
Outrages of, [199], [212]-[222], [246], [248], [267].
Le Fanu, Mr. W.R., [77].
—— Mr. Sheridan, [77].
Leary, Darby, [245].
Lecky, Mr., [100], [283].
Leehys, the, feud of, [88].
Lefevre, Mr. Shaw, Commission of, [269].
Lehunt, Colonel, [4].
Leinster, Duchess of, [169].
Leitrim, Lord, [226].
Limerick, Mr. Hogg's school at, [21].
Lismore, famine fever at, [54];
agricultural depression in, [193];
estate of Duke of Devonshire at, [269]-[270].
Listowel, crime in, [87], [214].
Lloyd, Mr. Clifford, [128].
Lockwood, Mr. Frank, [277].
Logue, Dr., Archbishop of Armagh, [118].
Lombard and Murphy, Messrs., [83].
Londonderry, Marquis of, [168].
Longfield, Judge, [258].
Longford, clerical help for Lord Granard in, [118].
Lord-Lieutenants—
Abercorn, Duke of, [165].
Aberdeen, Earl of, [167]-[168].
Cadogan, Earl of, [169].
Carlisle, Earl of, [162]-[163].
Carnarvon, Earl of, [167].
Clarendon, Earl of, [163].
Cowper, Earl, [166].
Dudley, Earl of, [169].
Houghton, Lord, [168]-[169].
Kimberley, Earl of, [164].
Londonderry, Marquis of, [168].
Marlborough, Duke of, [165]-[166].
Spencer, Earl, [166]-[167].
Zetland, Earl of, [168].
Lower Curryglass, agricultural depression in, [193].
Lowther, Mr. James, [172], [174], [297].
Lucy, Mary, letters of, to Mr. Hussey, [292]-[293].
Luxnow, [83].