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By Hereditary Virtues: a history of Lough Rynn
Drawing on various primary and secondary sources, By Hereditary Virtues describes how the Lough Rynn estate emerged from early times up to the end of the 19th century. It focuses largely on the 3rd Earl of Leitrim including, his management of the Lough Rynn estate, his role during and after the famine and his eventual demise.
The 2020 edition includes includes additional research on the famine and post-famine era and a new chapter on Lord Leitrim's relationships with the women in his life.
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By Hereditary Virtues: a History of Lough Rynn
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Surviving and Thriving in Post-Famine Mohill
Despite the death, disease, and displacement caused by the Great Famine, Mohill experienced economic growth – and even prosperity – in the following decades. Agricultural prices increased, a retail sector developed, and new opportunities opened for a growing middle-class.
The thesis investigates the market dynamics that underpinned local economic growth. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the study systematically tracks the flow of money between sectors of the economy. In doing so, it assesses farm viability, consumerism, shop credit, household income, emigrant remittances, and the role of government and finance in driving local commerce.
The study demonstrates the vitality, ambition and entrepreneurship present in rural Ireland in the aftermath of the Famine. Overall, the research demonstrates the importance of rural towns and their hinterlands in the economic and social development of post-Famine Ireland, and particularly highlights the significant work, agency and economic contribution of women in the period.
Fiona Slevin's PhD thesis, titled 'Money flows and local market dynamics in an Irish rural town and its hinterland, 1850–1875' is now openly available.
You can download a pdf copy free of charge from the UCD research respository at http://hdl.handle.net/10197/27403.
If you do read the thesis, I would love to hear your thoughts and observations through the contact form.
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The full thesis is also available to buy as a hardback/colour or paperback/bw book and is titled
Surviving and Thriving in Post-Famine Ireland: Mohill, County Leitrim: economy and society (1850–75)
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Surviving and Thriving in Post-Famine Ireland
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€64 (incl free shipping in Rep of Ireland)
Surviving and Thriving in Post-Famine Ireland
(paperback, black & white)
€31.50 (incl free shipping in Rep of Ireland)
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Recipes & Remedies of
Lough Rynn
Recipes and remedies from journals dating from the 19th century and recorded as belonging to the housekeeper at Lough Rynn.
The introduction also includes information on the general diet of people in that era, from the very poor to the wealthy.
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Recipes & Remedies of
Lough Rynn
(hardback)
€19.50 (incl shipping in Rep of Ireland)
Recipes & Remedies of
Lough Rynn
(paperback)
€15 (incl shipping in Rep of Ireland)
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This book tells the story of the Upper Leeson Street Area Residents’ Association (Ulsara) in Dublin. It covers the architectural and social history of the area as well as the 50 year campaign by residents to resist uncontrolled development and indiscriminate destruction of its architectural heritage and residential community.
It is available via print-on-demand from Amazon.
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The original 2018 edition is sadly out of print.
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