Dublin and the Great Irish Famine / edited by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Ciarán McCabe and Ciarán Reilly.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dublin (Ireland)--History--19th century.

Dublin (Ireland).

Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.

Ireland.

Famines--Ireland--History--19th century.

Famines.

Physical Description:

xxv, 196 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin] : University College Dublin Press, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I BUSINESS LIFE AND INDUSTRY

1. `A Little London, All Alive': Some Experiences of the World of Goods and Commodities in Famine Dublin / Ciardn Reilly

2. `Ad Libitum Banking'?: Dublin's Role Within the Famine-Era Irish Banking System / Declan Curran

3. Taming the Channel: Technology, Liberalism and the Irish Sea, c. 1845-52 / Peter Hession

SECTION II CHARITY AND PHILANTHROPY

4. `The Metropolis of the Poor': Charity and Perceptions of Dublin on the Eve of the Great Famine / Joe Curran

5. The Impact of the Great Famine on Voluntary Charitable Societies in Dublin City / Ciaran McCabe

6. Quakers and the Famine in Dublin / Rob Goodbody

SECTION III INSTITUTIONS, HEALTHCARE AND MORTALITY

7. Childbirth and Maternity in Dublin, 1831-56 / Philomena Gorey

8. `Items in the Sum of that Great Calamity': Suicide in Dublin During the Great Famine / Georgina Laragy

9. `That They Might Obtain the Shelter of a Prison': Kilmainham Gaol and the Great Famine / Brian Crowley

Dublin and the Great Irish Famine

SECTION IV THE FAMINE IN CULTURAL HISTORY

10. Dublin Fictions and the Economics of Famine Memory / Christopher Cusack

11. `A Very Ready Sale': Exhibiting, Viewing and Selling Art in Dublin, 1845-49 / Kathryn Milligan

12. Epilogue: Famine Memory and the City / Emily Mark-FitzGerald.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781910820773

1910820776

OCLC:

1323247161