Thomas Bermingham

The Irish land agent, 1830–60

The case of King's County

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Land agents have been stereotypically represented in Irish history as alien, capricious and in general the tormentors of the tenantry. However, to date, no definitive examination exists of...
Author/Editor: Ciarán Reilly

Clanricarde's planters and land agitation in east Galway, 1886–1916

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In 1886 the earl of Clanricarde evicted the tenants of Woodford on his east Galway estate. The ramifications of his actions echoed through Ireland in the late...
Author/Editor: Miriam Moffit

East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

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Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This book is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized country house on a 1,500-acre...
Author/Editor: Ann O'Riordan

The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

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On 2 November 1847 Major Denis Mahon was murdered by an assassin near his home at Strokestown House. The murder sent shock waves through Ireland. Some sent...
Author/Editor: Padraig Vesey