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Zusatztext Ciarán Ó Murchadha's high reputation as a distinguished historian of the Great Irish Famine is further enhanced by this important reconstruction--based on diaries and other invaluable archival materials--of the lives of nine people in Famine-stricken Clare. One of the counties most devastated by Famine deaths and evictions, it is not surprising that at least six of the protagonists in the book --John Busteed Knox, Captain Edmond Wynne, Marcus Keane, Father Michael Meehan, Crofton Moore Vandeleur and Captain A.E. Kennedy--are known in the national literature. Exceptions are the self- aggrandising medic Cullinan, the incurious Church of Ireland careerist Murphy and the sophisticated landlord/magistrate Singleton. But here Ó Murchadha , in an exhaustive and enthralling piece of writing, illuminates many aspects of their attitudes and behaviours during these turbulent Famine years. His intimate knowledge of the townlands and mid- 19th century gentry and middle-class families of Co. Clare brilliantly contextualises these lives. It is a tour-de-force of good writing and research with a wonderful evocative conclusion on the Famine landscape. Informationen zum Autor Ciarán Ó Murchadha is an independent scholar and leading historian of Ireland’s Great Famine. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 (2011). Klappentext "An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted"-- Vorwort An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted. Zusammenfassung Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPrefaceMapsIntroduction1. Hurricane from the South West: John Busteed Knox2. Intrepid Fire-Eater:Captain Edmond Wynne3. The Poor Man’s Magistrate: John Singleton4. The Medical Gentleman: Patrick Maxwell Cullinan5. The Reverend Sinecurist:Henry Murphy6. The Exterminator General: Marcus Keane of Beech Park7. Father Michael Meehan and the Little Ark8. The Cabin Tumbling Warrior: Crofton Moore Vandeleur9. The Most Charitable Officer: Captain A.E. Kennedy10. The Famine LandscapeNotesBibliographyIndex...
