Cleary, Pat/ O’Regan, Philip.

Dear Old Skibbereen. A glimpse of conditions in this town during the Great Irish Famine.

Skibbereen, Skibbereen Printers Ltd., 1995. 21.1cm x 13.9cm 68 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for Example: The Owners of the Land/ The Potato/ Caheragh/ Daniel McCarthy of Loch Ine/ 1845/ Lumper variety of Potato/ The Skibbereen Union Workhouse and Fever Hospital/ The Poor Law of Ireland Act 1838/ Famine Funeral/ Richard Boyle Townsend/ Auxiliary Workhouses/ Shepperton Lakes/ Dr. Donovan/ Jerry Crowley/ Abbey Hospital/ Deelish Auxiliary Workhouse/ River Ilen/ Mr. Marshall/ Soup Kitchens/ Tim Harrington, Aughadown/ Cork Examiner/ J.W. Clerke/ N.M. Cummins/ Skibbereen Branch of the Provincial Bank in Bridge Street/ Clerke Family/ Ellen and Agnes Clerke/ Society of Friends in Cork/ Rules for the Establishment of a Charity Soup House in Skibbereen/ Thomas H. Marmion’s Store/ St. Fachtna’s De La Salle, North Street/ The Caheragh Men Invade Skibbereen/ The Square/ Home of Jerry Crowley, where first meeting of Pheonix Society were held/ Abbeystrewery Church/ Steam Mill/ Coppinger’s Stores- Auxiliary Workhouse/ Swanton Stores/ Town Square/ Bridgetown/ James Mahony, Artist/ Canon O’Rourke/ Lord Dufferin and G.F. Boyle to Skibbereen/ Emigration/ Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Five – Local Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Irish History · Potato Famine Ireland · Potatoe Famine Ireland · Skibbereen · West Cork
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 41399AB

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