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Author Scally, Robert James, author.

Title The end of hidden Ireland : rebellion, famine, and emigration / Robert James Scally.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
Contents Introduction; 1. The Townland; 2. The Land System; 3. Land and Society around Strokestown; 4 Ballykilcline: Deputies and Defendants; 5. "Rebellion" in Ballykilcline, 1836-1847; 6. Eviction; 7. Knowledge and Isolation; 8. The Way Out; 9. Liverpool and the Celtic Sea; 10. The Crossing: "Just Over a River"; Epilogue: Identity and Emigration; Notes; Index.
Summary Traces the emigration of an entire Irish village at the time of the Great Famine from their home, through Liverpool, to America. The author's textured analysis of Irish society "from the bottom up" stresses changing mentalities and the hidden pressures of famine.
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Subject Famine in Ireland (Ireland : 1845-1852)
Ballykilcline (Ireland) -- History.
Ballykilcline (Ireland) -- Emigration and immigration.
Country life -- Ireland -- Ballykilcline -- History -- 19th century.
Country life.
Ireland -- Ballykilcline.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Villages -- Ireland -- Ballykilcline -- History -- 19th century.
Villages.
Famines -- Ireland -- Ballykilcline -- History -- 19th century.
Famines.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Indexed Term Social conditions History, 1846-1914
Roscommon (Ireland : County)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Scally, Robert James. End of hidden Ireland. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 0195106598 (DLC) 94007568 (OCoLC)29911046
ISBN 0585323623 (electronic book)
9780585323626 (electronic book)
9780195055825 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0195055829 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780195106596 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0195106598 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1601297092
9781601297099
9780195363647 (electronic book)
0195363647 (electronic book)
1280440562
9781280440564
0195055829 (acid-free paper)

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