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Record Number: 2518


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Old Lady Cloncurry, who I suppose knows as much about Ireland as most people, was quite enthusiastic about that article on "Priest-ridden Ireland" in the last magazine"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 1 Aug 1893

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Cloncurry

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Priest-Ridden Ireland

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Magazine, 1893

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2518

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Oliphant

Title:

Letter to Blackwood, 1 Aug 1893

Location:

National Library of Scotland, Blackwood Archive

Call No:

MS 4605 (1893)

Page/Folio:

169-70

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Oliphant, Letter to Blackwood, 1 Aug 1893, National Library of Scotland, Blackwood Archive, MS 4605 (1893), 169-70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2518, accessed: 05 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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