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Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland: The Case of County Kerry, 1872-86
Donnacha Sean Lucey
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Hardcover. Examines the emergence and development of the largest mass political mobilisation brought about in 19th-century Ireland in the form of the Land League (1979-82), and subsequently the National League (1882-7), in the south-western county of Kerry. This title is suitable for students and academics of 19th-century Irish history and general readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464. An original and insightful study of the highly formative Land War and Home Rule movement from a local and regional perspective. The book explores the dynamics behind the mass political mobilisation and agrarian violence that dominated Kerry society during the 1880s.
"Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland" provides an original and insightful study of the highly formative Land War and Home Rule from a local and regional perspective. Lucey examines the emergence and development of the largest mass political mobilisation brought about in nineteenth-century Ireland in the form of the Land League (1979-82), and subsequently the National League (1882-7), in the south-western county of Kerry. Such an unprecedented level of local political activity was matched by an upsurge in agrarian violence and the outbreak of serious outrage, which was largely orchestrated by secret societies known as Moonlighters. In turn, ... Read more
"Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland" provides an original and insightful study of the highly formative Land War and Home Rule from a local and regional perspective. Lucey examines the emergence and development of the largest mass political mobilisation brought about in nineteenth-century Ireland in the form of the Land League (1979-82), and subsequently the National League (1882-7), in the south-western county of Kerry. Such an unprecedented level of local political activity was matched by an upsurge in agrarian violence and the outbreak of serious outrage, which was largely orchestrated by secret societies known as Moonlighters. In turn, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781906359669
SKU
V9781906359669
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Ref
99-98
About Donnacha Sean Lucey
Donnacha Sean Lucey obtained his PhD from The National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and is currently an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin.
Reviews for Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland: The Case of County Kerry, 1872-86
'Dr Lucey's exemplary account of this phase of Kerry's local history will be invaluable to future historians as they attempt to unravel complexities in our island's story.' Irish Catholic 8 March 2012 'Regional studies such as this expose the anomalies present in national surveys, and Lucey's extensive primary research and thorough engagement with the secondary literature deepens our ... Read more