History of Ireland -- lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere -- no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it?
Source: A Diary, ch. 8 (ed. by H. Allingham and D. Radford, 1907), entry for 11 Nov. 1866.
-- William Allingham, (Mar 19 1824-1889), Irish poet, editor; He was editor of Fraser, 1874-79; his volumes of verse include The Fairies, 1883.