Surplus People: From Wicklow to Canada - Couverture souple

Rees, Jim

 
9781848892040: Surplus People: From Wicklow to Canada
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1848892047 ISBN 13 : 9781848892040
Editeur : The Collins Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Death after eviction, starvation and emigration was widespread. Landlords, eager to dispose of surplus tenants, engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given financial incentives to emigrate. The clearances of uneconomic tenants from the 85,000-acre Coollattin Estate by Lord Fitzwilliam were the most organised in Ireland during and after the Famine years. From 1847 to 1856 Fitzwilliam removed 6,000 men, women and children and arranged passage from New Ross in Wexford to Canada on emigrant ships such as the Dunbrody. Most were destitute and many were ill on arrival in Quebec and New Brunswick. Hunger and overcrowding at quarantine stations, such as the infamous Grosse Ile, resulted in further disease and death. This book explores this tragedy, from why the clearances occurred to who went where and how some families fared in Canada.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jim Rees, a Wicklow resident and historian with a History Masters Degree from NUI Maynooth, has had a lifelong passion for history and literature. He has written extensively and lectured widely on topics such as emigration and maritime history.

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Éditeur
The Collins Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848892047
ISBN 13 
9781848892040
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
162
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Personne responsable
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