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Figures in a Famine Landscape by Ciar Ó Murchadha, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Figures in a Famine Landscape by Ciar Ó Murchadha, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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From Ciar Ó Murchadha
Figures in a Famine Landscape by Ciar Ó Murchadha, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine. | Figures in a Famine Landscape by Ciar Ó Murchadha, Paperback | Indigo Chapters