Gartnamona, the last of the O'Connor castles in Offaly, 55 ; ap-
pearance of estate before the famine, 83, 85 ; author and his
family return to, in 1880, appearance of estate at this time,
27s, 276.
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Gentry, the Kilkenny, 44 ; the King's County, 55 ; the Waterford
and Wexford, 3.
Gladstone, Right Hon. W.E., his taxation of Ireland, 23, 24; his Irish
policy, the three branches of the upas tree, 219; Disestablish-
ment by, of the Irish Church, 221 ; faults of this measure, 220,
221 ; the Irish Land, the second branch of the upas tree, 221 ;
his Land Act of 1870, 233 ; he ridicules Butt's scheme of
Home Rule, 246 ; his belief in the prosperity of Ireland in
1879-80, 248, 253 ; his denunciation of the Land League, 251 ;
he prosecutes Mr. Parnell, 253 ; his Land Act of 1881, 255-257,
341, 342 ; his conflict with the Land League, 259 ; his severe
and extreme "coercion" in 1882, 262; his adoption of Home
Rule in 1886, 282 ; his Home Rule Bill of 1886, 282, 310,
311 ; objections to, 312, 313; his opposition to the Conserva-
tive Government, 1886-92, 287, 288; he accepts Mr. Parnell's
overtures, 290 ; he throws Mr. Parnell over in 1890, 293 ; his
Home Rule Bill of 1893, 295, 296, 315, 316; objections to,
316, 317 ; his University Education Bill for Ireland, 381, 382.
Grattan, Henry, the Irish patriot, orator, and statesman, 8, 18, 109,
138, 240, 304, 331.
" Great Commanders of Modern Times," work of author, 206,
207.
Grey, Charles, Earl, supports the Union, 304.
Grouchy, Marshal, his conduct in the campaign of 181 5, 207; Sir
William Napier's opinion of, 218.
