She bewailed the evil days on which she has fallen, and the loss to Lismore of all that the Castle used to mean to the people.

Lady Edward Cavendish had spent a short time here some little time ago, she said, and the people were delighted to have her come there.

"It would be a great thing for the country if all the uproar and quarrelling could be put an end to.

It did nobody any good, least of all the poor people." From Lismore I came back by the railway through Fermoy..