Jason King is Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Ireland, Galway and Ciarn Reilly is a Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates, Maynooth University This book takes a major step toward advancing our understanding of the Great Hunger.Ĭhristine Kinealy is Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. Women and the Great Hunger brings together the work of some of the leading researchers in Irish studies, with new scholarship, methodologies and perspectives. In addition to more traditional sources, the contributors also draw on folklore and popular culture.

This publication examines the diverse and still largely unexplored role of women during the Great Hunger, shedding light on how women experienced and shaped the tragedy that unfolded in Ireland between 18.

The various roles played by women, including as landowners, relief-givers, philanthropists, proselytizers and providers for the family, have received little attention. OL273141W Page_number_confidence 95.53 Pages 534 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210804175830 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 335 Scandate 20210803213532 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780140145151 Tts_version 4.Even considering recent advances in the development of women’s studies as a discipline, women remain underrepresented in the history and historiography of the Great Hunger. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:01:09 Boxid IA40202110 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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