The defeat of Napoleon and the redrawing of the boundaries of Europe in 1815 led to a mass demobilization of the English army and a huge depression of farm prices. This was followed in the 1820s by much discontent in Ireland ("Whiteboy" activity) and the imposition of Martial Law (the "Insurrection Act") in most of Ireland. Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:02:17 -0500 From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <labaths@celticcousins.net> Subject: [IRELAND] Connaught Journal; Jan 31, 1825; Provincial News To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, January 31, 1825 PROVINCIAL NEWS LIMERICK, JAN. 22 - Captain O'Grady, M.P., John Thomas Walter, jun. Esq of Castletown; and other county gentlemen, came into town yesterday in expectation of meeting Mr. Blackburne. His presence, however, was totally unnecessary; and Mr. Vokes and another Magistrate in the County Court-House, and read his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's Proclamation, withdrawing the provisions of the Insurrection Act from this County, the entire of which is now relieved from its operation. It is ardently to be wished that the peasantry will evince a due sense of this indulgence, and refrain from any further violations of the law, which must ever terminate to their disadvantage. Since the restrictions of the Insurrection Act have been withdrawn from Kerry, that County continues in a peaceable state; and it is earnestly hoped that Government will encourage the good disposition of the peasantry, by affording aid to the agricultural and commercial interests in that quarter.--Chronicle.