Poirteir, Cathal.

The Great Irish Famine.

Cork, Mercier Press, 1995. 19.7cm x 12.8cm. 283 (5) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. [The Thomas Davis Lecture Series].

Includes for example the following chapters: Pre and Post-Famine Landscape Change- Kevin Whelan/ The Great Famine and Irish Politics- S.J. Connolly/ The Other Great Irish Famine- David Dickson/ Food and Famine- E. Margaret Crawford/ Famine, Fever and the Bloody Flux- Laurence M. Geary/ Ideology and the Famine- Peter Gray/ The Role of the Poor Law during the Famine- Christine Kinealy/ The Operations of Famine Relief, 1845-47- Mary E. Daly/ The Stigma of Souperism- Irene Whelan/ Mass Eviction and the Great Famine-James S. Donnelly Jr./ Flight From Famine- David Fitzpatrick/ The Famine in the Skibbereen Union (1845-51)– Patrick Hickey/ The Persistance of Famine in Ireland- Tim P. O’Neill/ Folk Memory and The Famine- Cathal Poirteir/ Irish Famine in Literature- Margaret Kelleher/ The Great Famine and Today’s Famines- Cormac O Grada etc.

This is the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine and will prove of lasting interest to the reader. Leading historians, economists, geographers- from Ireland, Britain and the United States- have assembled the most up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including medicine, folklore and literature, to give the fullest account yet of the background and consequences of the Famine.

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Collection Tadhg Ó Murchú (This is a book from his personal reference library) · From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu · Irish History · Irish History in the 19th century · Irish Potato Famine · Irish Potatoe Famine
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856351114
• Inventory Number: 100760AB

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