concessionees

Updated: June 5, 2025

Drinkwater had bought out the concessionees of 1860 and 1873 who had not struck a single stroke of work and was endeavouring to get the necessary Bills through Parliament, he found himself confronted by the seignorial and other vested rights of these great landowners, who appeared determined, not only to do nothing themselves, but to prevent anybody else from doing anything unless he paid handsomely for their permission.

Bernard Henry Becker - Disturbed Ireland: Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.