Connemara after the famine
Subtitle: journal of a survey of the Martin Estate by Thomas Colville Scott, 1853
By: Thomas Colville Scott ; edited and introduced by Tim Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Tim, 1935-
Publisher: Lilliput
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Connemara (Ireland) -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901.
Description: Connemara (Cunnemara is a variant spelling) is the most western district of County Galway. The vast estate (196,540 acres) of Thomas Barnewell Martin was the largest in the district. After the famine it was bankrupt and put up for sale by mortagagees, the London Law Life Insurance Society. Thomas Colville Scott was sent to survey the property in 1853. This is his journal.