| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The women of Belfast and the Great Famine / Christine Kinealy -- 2. The demography of the famine in Ulster: a few unanswered questions, a few new sources / Cormac O'Grada -- 3. The famine Irish migration to Canada in 1847-8: assisted emigration, colonisation and the unpublished famine diaries of Stephen de Vere / Jason King -- 4. John Mitchel's town, its hinterland and the great famine / Anthony Russell -- 5. John Mitchel: famine, slavery, and agrarian politics / James Quinn -- 6. What can folklore tell us about the great famine that other documents cannot? / Cathal Poirteir -- 7. Rememberances of love and duty: famine remittances to Ireland during the 1840s / Ciaran Reilly -- 8. Different writers, different perspectives / Patrick Fitzgerald -- From a personal journey to national commemoration / Michael Blanch -- Mitchel and slavery: a biblical perspective / Revd Nigel Agnew -- Newry workhouse / Huigh McShane -- The Irish National Famine Museum: Strokestown Park / John O'Driscoll -- An Australian famine family. |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays offers diverse perspectives on the impact of the Great Famine in Ireland, with particular focus on the experience in the province of Ulster ..."-- Back book cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mitchel, John, 1815-1875.
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Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852) |
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Famines -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History.
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Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
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| Chronological Term |
1845-1852 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Fitzgerald, Patrick, 1964- editor.
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Russell, Anthony G., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: John Mitchel, Ulster and the Great Irish Famine. Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2017 9781911024668 (OCoLC)992745636 |
| ISBN |
9781911024699 (electronic bk.) |
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1911024698 (electronic bk.) |
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9781911024668 |
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1911024663 |
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