Ireland and Poland - A Comparison

Project Gutenberg's Ireland and Poland, by Thomas William Rolleston This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Ireland and Poland A Comparison Author: Thomas William Rolleston Release Date: October 26, 2008 [EBook #27057] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IRELAND AND POLAND *** Produced by Jimmy O'Regan (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Library of the University of California, Los Angeles/The Internet Archive) IRELAND AND POLAND A COMPARISON BY T. W. ROLLESTON FIRST HON. SECRETARY OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY, LONDON; LATE ASSISTANT EDITOR OF THE "NEW IRISH LIBRARY," AND CO-EDITOR OF "A TREASURY OF IRISH POETRY"; AUTHOR OF "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC RACE," ETC. NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Publishers in America for Hodder & Stoughton MCMXVII [1] IRELAND AND POLAND The United Kingdom is composed of four distinct nationalities. Each of these has retained its own distinct character, its own national history, its own patriotism and self-respect. Their affairs, great and small, general or local, are administered by one Parliament in which each is fully represented.