Life
1872-?; nationalist M. P.; author of Anglo-Irish Literature (Talbot, Dublin
1926; Folcroft 1974); also ‘The Anglo-Irish’, Irish Statesman
(17 Aug. 1924), p.497.
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Anglo-Irishman: ‘Endless exceptions must be made; but for our present purposes it may be assumed that the typical Anglo-Irishman is Protestant in faith, has some connection with the landowning class as it existed here from the end of the 17th century to the end of the 19th century, and cherishes family traditions of service to the Crown of these islands.’ (‘The Anglo-Irish’, Irish Statesman, 17 Aug. 1924; cited in Donald Torchiana, Yeats and Georgian Dublin, 1966, pp.83-84.)
Why is Ireland at War?, Preface: ‘[…] I want to suggest that
this is indeed Ireland’s war quite as much as England’s . It
is hers by every consideration of honour and policy. On the material side,
indeed, Ireland may not stand to gain much; but the cause for which the
allies are fighting is that of which Ireland has long been in Western
Europe., the protagonist, the cause of Nationalism, the right, that is,
of each nation, big or small, to live its own life.’ (Quoted in Maunsel catalogue list appended to St. John Ervine, Mrs. Martin’s Man (1915 edn.)
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)