Daniel O'Connell, the British press, and the Irish famine
Subtitle: killing remarks
By: Leslie A. Williams ; edited by William H.A. Williams.
Contributors: Williams, W. H. A.
Series: The nineteenth century; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.; Famines -- Ireland -- Press coverage.; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- Foreign public opinion, British.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 -- Press coverage.; Great Britain -- Relations -- Ireland.; Ireland -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Description: "Through an investigation of the reportage in nineteenth-century English metropolitan newspapers and illustrated journals, this book begins with the question 'Did anti-O'Connell sentiment in the British press lead to "killing remarks," rhetoric that helped the press, government and public opinion distance themselves from the Irish Famine?'

The book explores the reportage of events and people in Ireland, focusing first on Daniel O'Connell, and then on debates about the seriousness of the Famine. Drawing upon such journals as The Times, The Observer, the Morning Chronicle, The Scotsman, the Manchester Guardian, the Illustrated London News, and Punch, Williams suggests how this reportage may have effected Britain's response to Ireland's tragedy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-372) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Figures vii; title: The Nineteenth Century Series General Editors' Preface xi; title: Preface xii; title: Author's Acknowledgements xv; title: Editors Acknowledgements xvii; title: Introduction 1; title: 1. The Times, O'Connell and Repeal - 1843 25; title: 2. Punch, 'Rint' and 'Repale' -1843 47; title: 3. Traversers and Priests -1844-'1845 72; title: 4. 'The Commissioner'- 1845 101; title: 5. Imagining a Famine/Imaginary Famine - 1845 125; title: 6. 'The Battlefield of Contending Factions'; title: - January to June 1846 151; title: 7. Parsing Pharaoh's Dream - July to December 1846 168; title: 8. 'A Transition of Great Difficulty'; title: - January to March 1847 189; title: 9. The Death of Daniel O'Connell -May 1847 223; title: 10. 'A Conspiracy Against Life' - June to December 1847 241; title: 11. Charles Trevelyan and the 'Great Opportunity'; title: -January 1848 257; title: 12. The Uprising at Boulagh - 1848 282; title: 13. A Dream of the Future -1849 307; title: Conclusion 344; title: Bibliography 366; title: Index 373.