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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Irish Poor Law"”.
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Children and childhood under the Irish Poor Law, c. 1850-1914
This thesis examines the provision of poor relief for children under the Irish Poor Law during the post-Famine era, and it argues that prevailing social constructs of childhood had a major influence upon how welfare was provided for the children within the workhouse institutions. The Irish Poor …
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Land agents and estate management in King's County during the Great Famine, 1838 to 1853
… aim of this thesis is to address a lacuna in Irish historiography by providing a comprehensive and systematic examination of land agents and their role in estate management in the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on the Famine period. In particular the thesis highlights the …