[Sheahan, Thomas] Lane, Fintan.

In Search of Thomas Sheahan: Radical Politics in Cork, 1824 – 36.

Dublin / Portland, OR, Irish Academic Press, 2001. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 69 pages. Black and white photographs, tables and drawings throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor discolouration on pages around the edges. A number of annotations in pencil throughout. [Maynooth Studies in Irish local history: Number 37. Raymond Gillespie (Series Editor).]

Most of the pamphlets from this series, amounting to forty by 2001, are based on theses completed as part of the M.A. in local history programme in National University of Ireland, Maynooth. This pamphlet looks at the political life of Thomas Sheahan during the crucial decades of 1820s and 1830s and his radicalisation of Cork City’s tradesmen, the creation of the Cork Trades Board and divisions in the O’Connellite movement.

Includes the following essays: Early Years / Demanding Democracy / The Trades, Cholera, and the Elections in 1832 / Repeal and the Cork Working Class.

• Keywords: 19th Century · Biography · Cork · Cork City · Irish · Irish Historical Elections · Irish History · Irish Home Rule · Irish Legal History · Irish Political History · Irish Politics · Local Government and Administration · Local History · Radicalism
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716527421
• Inventory Number: 60207AB

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