The Great Famine
Studies in Irish History 1845-52
Published on 1. February 2015
550 pages
978-1-84351-337-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Great Hunger, Tom Mac Intyre's internationally celebrated play of 1983, and The Gallant John-Joe, his most recent dramatic work, show Mac Intyre to be one of the most daringly and excitingly original Irish writers working today. The Great Hunger is Mac Intyre's version of Patrick Kavanagh's long poem of the same name. It represents the life and dreams of Patrick Maguire, Monaghan small farmer and potato-gatherer, a man suffering from sexual and spiritual starvation. The play fuses image, movement and language into a classic of contemporary Irish drama.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
File size
15,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84351-337-7 (9781843513377)
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01/1992
The Lilliput Press Ltd
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Person
TOM MAC INTYRE, born in Cavan in 1931, is the author of many works of fiction, poetry and plays, including Stories of the Wandering Moon (2000), The Great Hunger and The Gallant John-Joe (2002).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction to the New Edition
- Contents
- Illustrations
- CHAPTER I: Ireland on the Eve of the Famine
- I. POPULATION AND RURAL LIFE
- II. INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
- III. CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- IV. SICKNESS AND POVERTY
- V. THE STATE AND EDUCATION
- VI. THE CHURCHES
- VII. THE POLITICAL SCENE
- CHAPTER II: Agriculture
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. TILLAGE
- III. GRAZING AND DAIRY-FARMING
- IV. THE WESTERN SEABOARD
- V. SUGGESTED REMEDIES
- VI. THE FAMINE AND AFTER
- CHAPTER III: The Political Background
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. THE COMING OF THE BLIGHT
- III. THE SEASON OF CRISIS
- IV. THE IRISH PARTY
- V. TENANT-RIGHT AND REPEAL
- VI. KINDNESS AND COERCION
- VII. THE MONTHS OF REVOLUTION
- VIII. CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER IV: The Organisation and Administration of Relief, 1845-1852
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RELIEF SCHEME, 1845-1846
- III. RELIEF BY PUBLIC WORKS, 1846-7
- IV. THE SOUP-KITCHENS, 1847
- V. POOR LAW RELIEF, 1847-52
- VI. CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER V: Medical History of the Famine
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASES WHICH BECAME WIDELY EPIDEMIC IN THE FAMINE
- III. CHARACTERS OF THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES
- IV. MEDICAL ORGANISATION AND ARRANGEMENTS
- V. DISEASE IN HOSPITALS, WORKHOUSES AND GAOLS
- VI. FEVER ACTS, AND TEMPORARY FEVER HOSPITALS
- VII. ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
- VIII. ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF INFECTION
- IX. OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA
- X. END OF THE FAMINE EPIDEMICS
- XI. THE CENSUS OF 1851
- XII. CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER VI: Irish Overseas Emigration during the Famine
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. LANDLORD-ASSISTED EMIGRATION
- III. GOVERNMENT POLICY AND STATE AID FOR EMIGRATION
- IV. ASSISTED EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
- V. SHIPPING AND THE VOYAGE
- VI. THE IRISH IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
- VII. THE IRISH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- APPENDIX I. THE VOLUME OF OVERSEAS EMIGRATION
- CHAPTER VII: The Famine in Irish oral tradition
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. THE BLIGHT
- III. FOOD DURING THE FAMINE
- IV. RELIEF: FOOD AND WORK
- V. DISEASE
- VI. DEATH AND BURIAL
- VII. CHANGES IN THE IRISH COUNTRYSIDE
- VIII. CONCLUSION
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Bibliography to the New Edition
- Copyright
