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A class apart : the gentry families of County Kildare / Con Costello.

Title
A class apart : the gentry families of County Kildare / Con Costello.
Author
Costello, Con.
Publication
Dubliln : Nonsuch, 2005.

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128 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., map; 23 cm.
Summary
The great gentry families of Kildare are all but gone. Their magnificant houses and estates are in ruins, or reborn as hotels and golf courses. This book tells their stories, full of colour, controversy and contradictions. County Kildare is, and indeed always has been, home to wealth and horses, soldiers and strong farmers. The priviledged class- both native Irish and settler- hunted, duelled and went to war. Their glory era was, however, also a time of famine, rebellion and wide scale poverty. Inevitably the end of landlordism and national independence brought swift decline in the fortunes of those who came to be known as 'the quality.' -- Publisher description
Subject
  • Fitzgerald family
  • Gentry > Kildare > History
  • Kildare (Ireland : County) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The golden years -- The Fitzgeralds -- A black sheep -- Constrasting origins -- Three peers -- De Burghs and De Robecks -- Soldiers and sportsmen -- New arrivals -- Behind the walls.
ISBN
184588504X
OCLC
  • 64019545
  • SCSB-12143600
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library