Marcella Gerrard's Galway estate, 1820–70

Charles Tisdall of County Meath, 1740–51

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This book investigates the world of Charles Tisdall, a Co. Meath landlord and gentleman, during the mid-eighteenth century. It begins with Charles’ coming into his inheritance during 1740...
Author/Editor: Marion Rogan

Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine

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‘The most in-depth study of the effects of the Famine on a landed estate and its community … With the help of this book, we are brought...
Author/Editor: Ciarán Reilly

The Famine clearance in Toomevara, County Tipperary

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On 28 May 1849 at the height of the Great Famine, one of the country’s darkest periods, over 500 people were cruelly evicted from the village of...
Author/Editor: Helen O'Brien

John Plunket Joly and the Great Famine in King's County

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While a plethora of works have been published about the Great Famine, particularly during the sesquicentenary commemoration in the mid-1990s, few have examined areas that were not as...
Author/Editor: Ciarán Reilly

Ireland, 1815–1870

Emancipation, famine and religion

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This book opens by exploring how nationalist Ireland mobilized a mass democratic movement under O’Connell to secure Catholic Emancipation. This world was soon to be transformed by the...
Author/Editor: Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Tomás O'Riordan, editors

The changing fortunes of the Headfort estates, 1870–1928

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In 1870, Thomas Taylour succeeded his father as marquess of Headfort and inherited estates of over 20,000 acres in Cavan and Meath. He had experience as an...
Author/Editor: Joe Mooney