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The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585323623
  • 9780585323626
  • 9780195055825
  • 0195055829
  • 9780195106596
  • 0195106598
  • 1601297092
  • 9781601297099
  • 9780195363647
  • 0195363647
  • 1280440562
  • 9781280440564
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: End of hidden Ireland.DDC classification:
  • 941.6/5 20
LOC classification:
  • DA995.B147 S34 1995eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction; 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 a River"; Epilogue: Identity and Emigration; Notes; Index.
Summary: Traces the emigration of an entire Irish village at the time of the Great Famine from their home, through Liverpool, to America. The author's textured analysis of Irish society "from the bottom up" stresses changing mentalities and the hidden pressures of famine.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.

Print version record.

Introduction; 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 a River"; Epilogue: Identity and Emigration; Notes; Index.

Traces the emigration of an entire Irish village at the time of the Great Famine from their home, through Liverpool, to America. The author's textured analysis of Irish society "from the bottom up" stresses changing mentalities and the hidden pressures of famine.

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