The Famine Irish: Emigration and the Great Hunger
Book Details
- Publisher : The History Press
- Published : 2016
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 272
- Category :
Popular Psychology - Catalogue No : 96626
- ISBN 13 : 9781845888909
- ISBN 10 : 1845888901
About the Editor(s)
Dr Ciarán Reilly is an historian of nineteenth and twentieth century Irish history with particular interest in the Great Irish Famine; country houses; landed estates, and the Irish Revolution, 1912-23.
Dr Reilly’s research has led to a number of important public engagements including conferences, public lectures, schools liaison and a host of television, radio and print media activities. His research collaborations include those with university colleagues in Ireland, Britain, Finland, South Africa and the USA. He is a founding member of the European Forum for the Study of Country Houses and Landed Estates and a member of the International Network of Irish Famine Studies and the North American Irish Famine Network.
His publications include:
Capard: An Irish Country House & Estate
The Land Agent, 1700-1920
Women and the Great Hunger in Ireland
The Famine Irish: Emigration and the Great Hunger
The Irish Land Agent, 1830-60: the Case of King's County
Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine
John Plunket Joly and the Great Famine in King's County
Edenderry, County Offaly and the Downshire estate, 1790-1800