Excerpt from Gallowglass: Or Life in the Land of the Priests But, des ite those serious studies of the most diffi cult of Irish problems, the reader must not be sur rised to find a substantial vein of humour and Irish evity running all through this book, which, indeed, would not be a true picture of Irish life if it were wanting in that respect. Roland Glenpower is typical of a class of Irishman which has not yet uite disappeared, though one seldom encounters now ays that reckless love of sport and practical joking for which Ireland was at one tim0 so famous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.