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
Analysis
Social conditions History, 1846-1914
Roscommon (Ireland : County)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index
