Research Catalog

Title

Dublin and the Great Irish Famine / edited by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Ciarán McCabe and Ciarán Reilly.

Publication

• [Dublin] : University College Dublin Press, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mark-FitzGerald, Emily
• McCabe, Ciarán
• Reilly, Ciarán

Description

xxv, 196 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century
• Famines
• Dublin (Ireland) > History > 19th century
• Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852
• Ireland
• Ireland > Dublin

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

SECTION I BUSINESS LIFE AND INDUSTRY -- 1. À Little London, All Alive': Some Experiences of the World of Goods and Commodities in Famine Dublin / Ciardn Reilly -- 2. Àd Libitum Banking'?: Dublin's Role Within the Famine-Era Irish Banking System / Declan Curran -- 3. Taming the Channel: Technology, Liberalism and the Irish Sea, c. 1845-52 / Peter Hession -- SECTION II CHARITY AND PHILANTHROPY -- 4. T̀he Metropolis of the Poor': Charity and Perceptions of Dublin on the Eve of the Great Famine / Joe Curran -- 5. The Impact of the Great Famine on Voluntary Charitable Societies in Dublin City / Ciaran McCabe -- 6. Quakers and the Famine in Dublin / Rob Goodbody -- SECTION III INSTITUTIONS, HEALTHCARE AND MORTALITY -- 7. Childbirth and Maternity in Dublin, 1831-56 / Philomena Gorey -- 8. Ìtems in the Sum of that Great Calamity': Suicide in Dublin During the Great Famine / Georgina Laragy -- 9. T̀hat They Might Obtain the Shelter of a Prison': Kilmainham Gaol and the Great Famine / Brian Crowley -- Dublin and the Great Irish Famine -- SECTION IV THE FAMINE IN CULTURAL HISTORY -- 10. Dublin Fictions and the Economics of Famine Memory / Christopher Cusack -- 11. À Very Ready Sale': Exhibiting, Viewing and Selling Art in Dublin, 1845-49 / Kathryn Milligan -- 12. Epilogue: Famine Memory and the City / Emily Mark-FitzGerald.

Call Number

JFF 23-634

ISBN

• 9781910820773
• 1910820776

OCLC

1323247161

Title

Dublin and the Great Irish Famine / edited by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Ciarán McCabe and Ciarán Reilly.

Publisher

[Dublin] : University College Dublin Press, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Mark-FitzGerald, Emily, editor.

McCabe, Ciarán, editor.

Reilly, Ciarán, editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 23-634