But there was another fact connected with the condition of Ulster which I dare say will be almost incredible to many readers.

The tenantry, so cruelly rack-rented and impoverished, were reduced by two or three bad seasons to a state bordering upon famine.

There was little or no corn in the province.

The primate set on foot a subscription in Dublin, to which he himself contributed very liberally.

The object was to buy food to supply the necessities of the north, and to put a stop to 'the great desertion' they had been threatened with.