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Figures in a famine landscape / Ciarán Ó Murchadha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ó Murchadha, Ciarán, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--Social aspects--Ireland--Clare--History--19th century.
- Famines.
- Poor--Ireland--Clare--History--19th century.
- Poor.
- Clare (Ireland)--Biography.
- Clare (Ireland).
- Clare (Ireland)--History--19th century.
- Ennis (Ireland)--Biography.
- Ennis (Ireland).
- Ennis (Ireland)--History--19th century.
- Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Figures in a Famine Landscape follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. Among them are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Some of these figures have been subjected to academic study previously, while others are more obscure, but their thinking and actions all had a major effect on the existences of tens of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. John Busteed Knox, Newspaper Editor
- 2. The Abrasive Captain Wynne
- 3. John Singleton : The Responsible Country Gentleman
- 4. Bickering Physicians : P.M. Cullinan and Michael Healy
- 5. The Parish Incumbent : Rev. Henry Murphy
- 6. The Exterminator General : Marcus Keane of Beech Park
- 7. Fr. Michael Meehan and the Little Ark
- 8. Cabin-Tumbling Warrior : Crofton Moore Vandeleur
- 9. Reluctant Hero : Captain A.E. Kennedy
- 10. Figures in a Famine Landscape.
- Notes:
- "The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the Land"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781472506665
- 1472506669
- 9781472508638
- 1472508637
- 9781474295925
- 1474295924
- OCLC:
- 940958300
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