The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.
The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.
The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N941.65/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 266 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. The Townland -- 2. The Land System -- 3. Land and Society around Strokestown -- 4. Ballykilcline: Deputies and Defendants -- 5. "Rebellion" in Ballykilcline, 1836-1847 -- 6. Eviction -- 7. Knowledge and Isolation -- 8. The Way Out -- 9. Liverpool and the Celtic Sea -- 10. The Crossing: "Just Over...
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
Focusing on the townland of Ballykilcline in Roscommon, Scally offers a richly detailed portrait of Irish rural life on the eve of the catastrophe. From their internal lives and values, to their violent conflict with the English Crown, from rent strikes to the potato blight, he takes the emigrants on each stage of their journey out of Ireland to Ne...
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The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.
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N941.65/2
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74VM5KEgkGaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5KEgkGaZ
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ISBN
0195106598 (pbk.)
9780195055825 (acid-free paper)
0195055829 (acid-free paper)
9780195055825
0195055829
9780195106596 (pbk.)
DDC
941.65
MMS ID
991003611049702626
