In 1834 Henry D Inglis traveled through Ireland. The following are just a few of his observations on the people of County Kerry.
"Marriages in this district are contracted at an earlier age than in any part that I had yet visited. Fourteen and thirteen, are common ages for the marriage of girls; fifteen is not considered at all an early age for marriage; and there are even instances of their having been contracted at so early an age as twelve. This is, on many accounts, a great and public evil : and among the benefits which might be expected to be derived from the assignment, under cautious regulation, of some government provision for the Catholic clergy, the discouragement of early marriages would certainly be one." (p140)
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Journey Thru Ireland During the Spring Summer and Autumn of 1834, Henry D Inglis
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