The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland

This is an enjoyable read for anyone interested in the history of Ireland in the late 19th century. Written by a Canadian journalist of Irish origin around 1881, it describes the impressions of her visit. It is a bit 'diary style' and she is not a great writer but she can convey some very interesting first-hand impressions about the situation she found there. Of course, the author writes in the Victorian style of her time which is precise but also a little boring and unimaginative. It deals very much with the Land League and the treatment of the tenant-farmers and their fight against the unjust rents imposed on them at that time. Most of all, it provides a first-hand insight of the situation in rural Ireland as recounted by the people, mainly in the North and West, as seen by a foreign journalist during this troubled and tragic period.