Before the Famine Struck by Ignatius Murphy

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Before the Famine Struck by Ignatius Murphy

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Before the Famine Struck by Ignatius Murphy

This book provides a unique portrait of life in an Irish parish - Kilfeartagh, Co. Clare - in the years before the Great Famine. Over the parish as a whole, landlords and middlemen held sway. Most farming consisted of tillage; and most of the grain was exported to England. Fish, harvested in currachs, was sold in Kilkee, Kilrush, Limerick and even County Kerry. Turf was also exported in quantity. But despite the rather grim living conditions of the people their lives were by no means joyless. Before the Famine Struck describes old customs, the Kilkee Races, hurling and dancing on green and strand, the drink and temperance scenario, and faction fighting; and then there were the tourists and visitors (including day trippers) and a summer 'transplanting of a little Limerick' in the hotels and lodges of Kilkee, all nicely and humorously described.

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ISBN 13 9780716525868
ISBN 10 0716525860
Title Before the Famine Struck
Author Ignatius Murphy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Irish Academic Press Ltd
Year published 1996-06-01
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.