num_pages: 64
description: In the MAYNOOTH STUDIES IN LOCAL HISTORY series. A study portraying the community of people who lived in and around the small West Offaly town of Ferbane during the late 1830s. Uses sources such as parliamentary records and crime reports to illustrate the contrast that existed between the gentry and the local farmers and labourers.
language: English
title: Falling Into Wretchedness: Ferbane in the Late 1830's
titlecomplete: Falling Into Wretchedness: Ferbane in the Late 1830's
ratings_count: 3
series: Maynooth Studies in Local History 
publisher: Irish Academic Press