He was otherwise qualified for the task by possessing a fair knowledge of the points of a horse.

He believed that he knew Ireland and the Irish people thoroughly.
His colleague, Mr.Davis, was a man of quite a different stamp.

The son of a Presbyterian farmer in County Tyrone, he had joined the Irish Parliamentary party, and made himself particularly objectionable in Westminster.

He had devoted his talents to discovering and publishing the principles upon which appointments to lucrative posts are made by the officials in Dublin Castle.

It was found convenient at last to provide him with a salary and a seat on the Congested Districts Board.
Thus he found himself engaged in ameliorating the lot of the Connaught peasants.