Figures in a famine landscape /

Ciarán Ó Murchadha.
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Main Creator: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán, author.
Contributors: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. Sable wings over the land.
Summary:"An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted"--


"Figures in a Famine Landscape follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. Among them are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Some of these figures have been subjected to academic study previously, while others are more obscure, but their thinking and actions all had a major effect on the existences of tens of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine"--
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
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Notes:"The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the Land"--Preface.

Physical description: xi, 227 pages ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781472514530 (hardback)
9781472511553 (paperback)
Table of Contents:
1. John Busteed Knox, Newspaper Editor
2. The Abrasive Captain Wynne
3. John Singleton : The Responsible Country Gentleman
4. Bickering Physicians : P.M. Cullinan and Michael Healy
5. The Parish Incumbent : Rev. Henry Murphy
6. The Exterminator General : Marcus Keane of Beech Park
7. Fr. Michael Meehan and the Little Ark
8. Cabin-Tumbling Warrior : Crofton Moore Vandeleur
9. Reluctant Hero : Captain A.E. Kennedy
10. Figures in a Famine Landscape.