End of Outrage - Post-Famine Adjustment in Rural Ireland

Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires ¿ a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the rural poor ¿ and Patrick McGlynn ¿ an avaricious schoolmaster who turned informer on them, availing of hunger, disease, debt, hardship, and death to expand his holding at the expense of his neighbours.

List of contents

• Preface: To Set Creepies before the Fire


• 1: A Letter from Beagh


• PART I


• 2: Bastard Ribbonism


• PART II


• 3: The Last Places Man Created


• 4: James Gallagher


• PART III


• 5: The Name of Informer


• 6: Judges and Appearances


• 7: The Judge between God and Man


• 8: Departures and Returns


• PART IV


• 9: The End of Outrage


• 10: The Living and the Dead


• Epilogue


• Appendix I: Digital Resources


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Breandán Mac Suibhne is a historian of modern Ireland (PhD, Carnegie Mellon). His publications include, with David Dickson, The Outer Edge of Ulster (2000), an annotated edition of the longest lower-class account of Ireland's Great Famine. He was born in the community that is the focus of The End of Outrage, making it a particularly intimate and absorbing history of a small place in a time of great change.

Summary

Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires -- a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the rural poor -- and Patrick McGlynn -- an avaricious schoolmaster who turned informer on them, availing of hunger, disease, debt, hardship, and death to expand his holding at the expense of his neighbours.

Product details

• Authors: Breand^d''an (Professor of History Mac Suibhne, Breandán Mac Suibhne, Breandan (Professor of History Mac Suibhne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.08.2017
• EAN: 9780198738619
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873861-9
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, Famine, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)