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Humble works for a humble people : a history of the fishery piers of Co. Galway and North Clare, 1800-1922
- Title
- Humble works for a humble people : a history of the fishery piers of Co. Galway and North Clare, 1800-1922 / Noël P. Wilkins.
- Author
- Wilkins, Noel P.
- Publication
- Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-5301 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 377 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- This book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and north Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their construction; a beautiful rendering of the maritime activities that gave life to the wild Atlantic Way, kelp-making, fishing, turf distribution, and sea-borne trade. This book also nurtures the retelling of human stories surrounding the piers, giving voice to the unacknowledged legacy of the lives that were their making. This is a vital contribution to the maritime history of Galway, Clare, and of Ireland in general, an overlooked but culturally rich facet of Irish history. -- Publisher description.
- Subjects
- Piers
- Fishing
- Ireland
- Galway (Ireland : County) > Social life and customs
- Piers > Ireland > Galway (County) > History
- Ireland > Galway (County)
- Fishing > Ireland > Galway (County) > History
- Galway (Ireland : County) > History
- Ireland > Clare
- Manners and customs
- Fishing > Ireland > lare > History
- History
- Clare (Ireland) > History
- Clare (Ireland) > Social life and customs
- Piers > Ireland > Clare > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Setting the scene and previewing the way ahead -- A beginning in a forgotten famine, 1800-1830 -- Enter the OPW: we remain, as a Fishery Board, totally inoperative -- A new beginning in a never-to-be-forgotten famine, 845-1856 -- From a species of delusion to a new fishery inspectorate, 1857-1879 -- The kindness of strangers and the relief of distress, 1879-1884 -- Fisheries to the fore: the Sea Fisheries (Ireland) Act and fund, 1883-1889 -- More distress and another Colonel: the Piers and Road Commission -- Retrospective on troubled waters: an award and delicate position -- the abundance of small piers and quays: humble works, indeed, for humble people -- The Congested Districts Board, 1891-1922 -- Yet another new beginning: not so little..but a little too late.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5301
- ISBN
- 1911024914
- 9781911024910
- OCLC
- 1030542083
- Author
- Wilkins, Noel P., author.
- Title
- Humble works for a humble people : a history of the fishery piers of Co. Galway and North Clare, 1800-1922 / Noël P. Wilkins.
- Publisher
- Co. Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-366) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5301