What might surprise us, if anything in Irish doings could surprise us, is that though this was a measure for Irish tenants, it was deemed heinously wrong to ascertain directly from their representatives what the Irish tenants thought.
Morley reflects on the complexities of understanding Irish tenant opinions amidst political measures.
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