Commentary upon Alexis de Tocqueville

In the very beginning, Alexis de Tocqueville did not intend to write an essay intimately Ireland but he was shocked by what he proverb in his travel that he decided to write Alexis de Tocquevilles transit in Ireland, July-August, 1835. This hold looks like a travel deem but, it is very much social, political and religious. However the originality on this book comes from its form -- indeed, the author made few comments and conclusions about what he saw and what resulted from his conversations. The conversations, too, are not usual: he merely asks questions to his interlocutor. The questions seem first neutral but, actually, they let his opinions come to light. This sort of proceeding looks like the way Aristotle, the philosopher from the Antiquity, discussed with citizenry. Besides, the subjects of the book are varied and, sometimes, in a same interview, the questions have no cerebrate in the midst of them. However, the main themes are state and poverty, which leads to Irish people faced to the state -- and the relationship between state and the Catholic Church and between the latter and people.

On the first hand, the most serious point that de Tocqueville noticed was the huge poverty among the commonwealth. He began his doubtfulness by asking several people about the population and above all about the poverty.



This led him to ask these people about the poor laws and then about the relationship between the aristocracy and the people.

First, following Mr Fitzgerald, President of the Catholic College of Carlow, There is a growth of the population. Besides he quotes the Archbishop of Munster who tried to explain the grow for the growth of poverty. Indeed, following him, there is a dependence of landlords on their farmers for the elections. They divided their lands to have more farmers...

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