Strokestown and the great Irish famine / Ciarán Reilly.
Publication details: Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2014.Description: xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781846825552 : (hbk.)
- Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852
- Roscommon (Ireland : County) -- History, Local -- 19th century
- Strokestown (Ireland) -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Landlord and tenant -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Social conflict -- Ireland -- Roscommon (County) -- History -- 19th century
- 23 941.75
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Loanable Book | Library | Irish Collection | 941.75 REI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000449975 |
The Strokestown Park Archive is one of the largest estate collections in existence in Ireland, with more than 50,000 documents comprising rentals, leases, accounts, correspondence maps, drawings, architectural plans, and photographs. Of particular importance are the papers that relate to the Great Irish Famine. This book introduces the reader to the archive and provides an microscopic insight into the many and varied experiences of Famine for those who inhabited the estate in the 1840s.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207 - 209) and index
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