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Famine In Cork City: Famine Life at Cork Union Workhouse
Michelle O'Mahony
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Description for Famine In Cork City: Famine Life at Cork Union Workhouse
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The Famine in Ireland is still a very current and emotive subject which draws readers from all spheres. This book tells a story not unique to Cork and of interest to a national population.Explores the many areas of life in Cork Workhouse (now St Fin Barre's Hospital).Includes new research on medicine, lifestyle, economics, politics, diet, sociology and statistics.Sketches in the background to the introduction of the warehouse system in the British Isles, under the Poor Law.
The Famine in Ireland is still a very current and emotive subject which draws readers from all spheres. This book tells a story not unique to Cork and of interest to a national population.Explores the many areas of life in Cork Workhouse (now St Fin Barre's Hospital).Includes new research on medicine, lifestyle, economics, politics, diet, sociology and statistics.Sketches in the background to the introduction of the warehouse system in the British Isles, under the Poor Law.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856354554
SKU
9781856354554
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Ref
99-1
About Michelle O'Mahony
Michelle O'Mahony is a graduate of University College Cork and worked as a teacher of History and English for a number of years before moving into the legal sphere. Her undergraduate and postgraduate research involved in¬depth analysis of Cork Union Workhouse's famine history. She lives in Cork.
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