^ Litera-
*'■ t u r e .
Edo cation.
introchjdtion of Chriftianity m4qyfwritensk$rhfe,fwhofe works“ Were not
indeed adapted;ti^heq>opuIa»itafl:ej* as/they ’sdhjbft o f ^ i ^ i& f faints1,
and works of piety and difcipline, but -to th e inquifitive reader' they
prefent many fingularfeatures of the b ifto ry o f the human mind. Thofe
of the firft defcription are commonly remarkable for a fuperabundance
of miracles, which: aye but frugally diftfibuted in the other European
pVes of faints. But the national manners, and the peculiar character
of the times, are juftly- delineated,, as in the fragments of a broken
mirror. The chief glory of the ancient Irffli literature arifes from the
repulfion of the rays~ of fcience, after it had almofr pk'rifhed in dMope,
bii fhe.,T4 i, Olathe Roman empire in in
p a rtic uU r^ ^ d ^ e l^ h -e ir'firft R um in a tio n -from, Irekji.d ^ a n c l i ;^ ^ o t -
land literatiji\e,;continue4 /t^ ^ ^ ie ,;fp e c ia l province qf ;tjfc jlriflag^pjgy>
tijlth e thirteenth' century. ’ K | | | v> * *- it“'1- | -Vi* 1' |g £
A mojSiAnge^c^f^nd-' refpe&^bfc-'writer ofe^sHaiffe .eemt'UEyvife I
. published a fmall fa?pla|ne, .containing ^ .4 e h ^ o n o te ^ ^ catalogue of
Irilh authors, fpom about^hfe.iyear hai’f l ^ ^ ^ O c o p IM B ^
about two hundred n a m e ^ fM fedth j‘c© p lu i^ 4 4 t^ ' i7 f ^ | )Pc‘lu
literature, -being $ s .m o f t. b a r r e l w h e p ^ lit i s % l ^ % 4 ^ ^ i p h
the d a r t c en tu ry j T - h e d l b ^ ^ i ^ ^ e s - o f e ^ f l i e f ' feve I
. been .fqllqwfcd T y a T p n ^ .tra in „©T e ip in e ^ fu c c e ffo rs ; > a rm r i^ h a s
ripened into genius, .and all Eu ro p e , ackng>w^#ge«the^fuperLo'r talents
o f a Burke and*of a Sheridan. T h p d a l^ am e n te d sEarBpMarlWiont
fet a diftiaguilhed example- o f t h e - u n i o n / ^ rank andiiliferaFy feme,
which it is hoped will be. j followedzby ro if e e rd d f e p ^ ^ p e r^ 'n ^ t |A e
exclufion o f low" or Jboifterous relaxation, ^n'jfome - d .f p jp ^ e n g |||| |
fcience Ireland .begins tqsefume h e r a h a e n t.p re x p g a ti^ ^of^flddling 1
light to Britain ; and the name of Kirwan- fkmds*4 moft»Hqn^a.n mineralogy'
a hranch highly important tu rth eip to fp erity c?fRations, but
unaccountably negleded in th e la n d u f.tin .-T , 9n $ & *
In no quarter o f the Britifh dominions, has education beett-cdndudted
uppn a fBofhfolid and ratipnal plan-thaii in Scotland i -ahd; n£>
has it been fo mueh negledted a a in Ireland.- It is to be-hoped that-one
* Sir J. Ware Script. Hibenu
c o ja fe q u en .e e
•confequence, and not the lead important, o f the Union, will be the
j# tM ^ i ^ n M f p a ^ f e t « d « A t i o ; j .m t o ^ l a t td, a fure mean,of p n s
from errcW
neous views1 of. human , life and happinels, and from the weaknefs of
uninformed fanaticifm. Thofe who- may.-.juflly diflrull theory in any
political ;qucllion, may herd; find the evidence, of-fads; and may
•compare the turbulence I f the, Irilh: .with the peaceable demeanour of
the Scortlh a congenerous,: people. * With four Archbilliopncks
Ireland only poffeffes one univer/ity, that of Dublin 1 This
inftitntipn was & ft p r o j e f« | y Archbifhop Leech, about the year
13,1.1; but death having interrupted his d'efiga, I t was revived,and executed
.by jheknor his luccefl'or, and enjoyed moderate profperity for
about forty years, -when the revenues failed.' In lh«.*ei«Mliz~abeth
« a s jrpfounsfed by yqiow^yPQqntrikiU^.nVJ iipder tlfe
W f f lB f f l , 1 i j ^ i b wasvmmbrudifrom
m pse*4ilid|s4f;St. Batiipk’^phuijG^.. to *@ ^% ©f ati Apgjiftim mp4.
5.hHih«beth?3under- t ^ f t y l ^ -,of
J"’ X b < # rii ‘JbmemiandbehWes'^ec^libe'&hbeiiefaaotsi.
# ^ |e ^ f p # f c f y f ^ y (oI^,kice-prbv©ifl?, twenty!-
tuiy y ^ r io u ^ j ^ s .: ib T h e ,n u m b e r ‘
^ ^ t%4 -5 ^ !nlq^yL4 ip% fM«:bHndr?d, pri the
a *bWr y ^ f fqm e .ae ^u n t, an £ ;a p r i n t i ^ ^ l l ^ ] - A d j h l « is*ajpkrM;
JJjjqfufvabpiat/our! 1 w i i i e ' ^ m hW. hi 1 -
i i ^ t 5i|cetm>ife?rg ismnsendo\ibFfeh|v^ | | ? ^hab ilfklldcba t^Begeb
buitj-tkjit^atUm|ilfeem littl^ aH a p te d u « ^ § M .
f J he Dublin Society for the- improvement o f agriculture and manm
niceures was inlfituted by the efforts of the patriotic Dr. Samuel
Madden 111 *7S*. being the earlieft of the kind how exifting'in Europe.?
J m i ” 7 be as 9 f abfdrdity," tMt'%th;e feW Irifh fchbois -refiire1 the1 ’ i
enddren ,ot popifti parents.}^Cam.p%eIt| Phil. Survey, 27b. •
I ' j
VOt. f p 2“ aC'C0Uut' ° f T ^ ^ S qhs- <of die Royai Jrifli Academy,''
;VpL- T* H 'i'C'^G| *■'* • ' Dublin,/-'
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