John Mitchel, Ulster and the Great Irish Famine /

"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 ..."--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Fitzgerald, Patrick, 1964- (Editor), Russell, Anthony G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Mitchel, John, > 1815-1875.
1845-1852
Famines > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > History.
Famines > Ulster (Irlande du Nord et Irlande) > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Famines.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Irlande > Histoire > 1845-1852 (Grande Famine)
Ireland.
Ireland > Ulster.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 The famine Irish migration to Canada in 1847-8: assisted emigration, colonisation and the unpublished famine diaries of Stephen de Vere / Jason King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.

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