Ballykilcline Rising: From Famine Ireland to Immigrant America

New
Illustrated
2008
$39.13

In 1847, in the third year of Ireland's Great Famine and the thirteenth year of their rent strike against the Crown, hundreds of tenant farmers in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, were evicted by the Queen's agents and shipped to New York. This book tells their story, using numerous Irish and US sources and with descendants' help.

Synopsis

In 1847, in the third year of Ireland's Great Famine and the thirteenth year of their rent strike against the Crown, hundreds of tenant farmers in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, were evicted by the Queen's agents and shipped to New York. This book tells their story, using numerous Irish and US sources and with descendants' help.

$39.13

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University Massachusetts Press
Published: 15 Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 1558496599
ISBN 13: 9781558496590