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| Other uniform titles: | Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. Sable wings over the land.
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| ISBN: | 9781472514530
147251453X
9781472511553
1472511557
9781472508638
9781472506665
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| Notes: | "The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the Land"--Preface.
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| 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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| Other form: | Online version: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. Figures in a famine landscape. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016 9781472508638
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