Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
1. The women of Belfast and the Great Famine / Christine Kinealy -- 2. The demography of the famine in Ulster: a few unanswered questions, a few new sources / Cormac O'Grada -- 3. The famine Irish migration to Canada in 1847-8: assisted emigration, colonisation and the unpublished famine diaries of Stephen de Vere / Jason King -- 4. John Mitchel's town, its hinterland and the great famine / Anthony Russell -- 5. John Mitchel: famine, slavery, and agrarian politics / James Quinn -- 6. What can folklore tell us about the great famine that other documents cannot? / Cathal Poirteir -- 7. Rememberances of love and duty: famine remittances to Ireland during the 1840s / Ciaran Reilly -- 8. Different writers, different perspectives / Patrick Fitzgerald -- From a personal journey to national commemoration / Michael Blanch -- Mitchel and slavery: a biblical perspective / Revd Nigel Agnew -- Newry workhouse / Huigh McShane -- The Irish National Famine Museum: Strokestown Park / John O'Driscoll -- An Australian famine family |
Summary |
"This collection of essays offers diverse perspectives on the impact of the Great Famine in Ireland, with particular focus on the experience in the province of Ulster ..."-- Back book cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Mitchel, John, 1815-1875.
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SUBJECT |
Mitchel, John, 1815-1875 fast |
Subject |
Famines -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Famines
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SUBJECT |
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010073
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Subject |
Ireland
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Ireland -- Ulster
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fitzgerald, Patrick, 1964- editor.
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Russell, Anthony G., editor.
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ISBN |
9781911024699 |
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1911024698 |
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