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Strokestown and the great Irish famine / Ciarán Reilly.

By: Publication details: Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2014.Description: xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781846825552 : (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 941.75
Subject: 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.
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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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