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Thread #164112   Message #3926844
Posted By: David Carter (UK)
24-May-18 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: How reliable is Folk History ?
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: How reliable is Folk History ?
Ok, Jim, its there on page 15, I had not read this far as up to then it was all irrelevant. It says, as you have quoted already:

"Leitrim’s batchelorhood undoubtedly lent itself to imputation of lasciviousness
on his part. Otherwise it appears that there was nothing in particular in his diaries to suggest this, nor indeed is he accused of it in the reports of police and of poor law inspectors who accuse him of a host of other malpractices. It may be that the imputation of lasciviousness to him is primarily a way of denigrating him, of underlining and illustrating his oppressive character in the minds of many and of lending some justification for his assassination .... "

So this source, along with all other historical sources, finds no evidence for the accusation which you levelled against Lord Leitrim in another thread and all those posts ago.