See how 18th‑century Ireland shaped prices, farming, and daily life through a traveling observer’s eye.
This edition gathers General Observations on the state of the kingdom, with firsthand notes from 1776–1779. It highlights how wealth, land use, and policy affected farmers, labor, and everyday living.
The book blends economic commentary with vivid scenes of rural life. It explains why prices rose and fell, how enclosure changed plots and labor, and what families ate, wore, and owned. It offers a window into the logic and consequences of 18th‑century Irish agriculture and society.
- Understand how money, interest, and credit influenced farmers and markets.
- See examples of enclosure, land tenure, and their impact on crops and livestock.
- Read about living conditions, clothing, and housing in Irish cottages of the era.
- Learn how the author connects national policy to everyday fortune and hardship.
Ideal for readers of economic history and readers curious about daily life in 1770s Ireland, seen through the eyes of an observer who records both questions and conclusions about the kingdom’s condition.
Originally published in 1925, this book contains the edited text of Arthur Young's eighteenth century travelogue A Tour In Ireland. Young records his journey all around the country, as well as making observations on Irish life under English dominion after the Cromwellian and Williamite wars.