Research Catalog

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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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.

Subject

• Piers > Galway (County) > History
• Piers > Clare > History
• Fishing > Galway (County) > History
• Fishing > Ireland > History
• Fishing
• Manners and customs
• Piers
• Galway (Ireland : County) > Social life and customs
• Galway (Ireland : County) > History
• Clare (Ireland) > Social life and customs
• Clare (Ireland) > History
• Ireland
• Ireland > Clare
• Ireland > Galway (County)

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.

ISBN

• 1911024914
• 9781911024910

OCLC

• on1030542083
• SCSB-9105544

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library