Excerpt from Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 7 O'neill, with his usual simplicity and quaintness, thus describes the last harpers' ball at Granard A gentleman, named Miles Keane, railed uncommonly about the distribution of the premiums (they were adjudged as at the lirst and second meetings), and swore a great oath, that it was the most nefarious decision he ever witnessed. I don't know what he meant, but he used the expression. Lord and Lady Longford attended this ball, and the meeting was vastly more numerous than at either of the two former ones. Quality (persons of rank), forty miles round. Attended, and there was not a house in the town but was filled with ladies and gentlemen, and the town was like a horse fair, as there was not stabling for the twentieth part of the horses that came. There were at least people at the ball. In consequence of the harpers who obtained no premiums having been neglected on the former occasions, I hinted a subscription, which was well received and performed; and indeed, on distributing the collection. Their proportions exceeded our premiums. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.