The famine in Waterford, 1845-1850
Subtitle: teacht na bprátaí dubha
By: Des Cowman, editor ; Donald Brady, associate editor.
Contributors: Cowman, Des.; Brady, Donald.
Publisher: Geography Publications in association with Waterford County Council
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Famines -- Ireland -- Waterford (County) -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.; Waterford (Ireland : County) -- History.
Other titles: Teacht na bprátaí dubha
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-336) and indexes.
At head of cover title: Teacht na bprátaí dubha.
Table of contents: value: Waterford on the eve of the famine / by Donnchadh Ó Ceallacháin; value: An overview of the famine in Waterford / by Jack Burtchaell; value: First responses to blight / by Ted O'Regan; value: The official view of the famine : Waterford, a regional dimension / by John M. Hearne; value: Poverty and patronage : responses to the famine on the Duke of Devonshire's Lismore estate / by Thomas Gregory Fewer; value: The Lismore Poor Law Union and the famine / by Tom Nolan; value: The workhouse in Waterford City, 1847-'49 / by Rita Byrne; value: The Dungarvan disturbances of 1846 and sequels / by Willliam Fraher; value: The famine in Waterford as reported in the local newspapers / by Eugene Broderick; value: The Quaker relief effort in Waterford / by Joan Johnson; value: Some local responses to the famine, 1846-'48 / by Des Cowman; value: The demographic impact of the famine / by Jack Burtchaell; value: The politicisation of the people? : strange episodes in 1848-'49 / by Dermot Power.