(Paperback)

This book covers the social and economic history of Ireland from the aftermath of the famine to the years leading up to Home Rule. It combines synthesis with new research into poverty, public health, religion and marginalisation, reproducing the voices and stories of the people and questioning much of the accepted wisdom of Irish historiography.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

This is the first comprehensive social history of Ireland in the years between the Famine and independence/partition (1850-1922) to appear in a quarter-century, Lively and colourful, it offers new perspectives on work, education, emigration, marriage, health, institutions, extreme poverty, housing and diet. -- .