Essays in Irish Labour History
Subtitle: A Festschrift for Elizabeth And John W Boyle
Contributors: Francis Devine (Editor); Fintan Lane (Editor); Niamh Puirseil (Editor)
Publisher: Irish Academic Pr
Published: July 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780716528258
Subjects: Labour economics; Social history; Ireland; Europe - Ireland; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History; History: World
Description: Essays in Irish Labour History is a tribute to the late Professor John W Boyle, University of Guelph, Canada and a leading practitioner of Irish labour history, and his late wife Elizabeth. 

Boyle's specialism was in nineteenth century labour history, with a particular emphasis on Dublin and Belfast, cities to which he had academic and personal attachments, and these interests are well reflected in this book. The history of labour in Ulster is especially well covered, as is that of Protestant workers throughout the island. The collection also includes substantial scholarly articles that reflect ongoing research and areas that have thus far been neglected, such as time-work discipline in nineteenth century Ireland and the impact of religion on the Irish Labour Party, 1922-73. The range of topics is broad and includes an obituary essay on the Boyles and an interrogation of Irish historiography and the working class.

Contributors include Niamh Puirseil, Fintan Lane, Emmet O'Connor, John Cunningham, Henry Patterson, Brian Hanley and many others.