‘And this in thriving and prosperous Antrim!’: An Anglo-Irish landlord’s perspective on the Famine
The article is a study of a pamphlet published in 1847 by Alexander Shafto Adair, a landlord in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, and a Whig MP. In addition to being a valuable testimony as to the situation in one of the least affected areas of Ireland during the Great Famine, the pamphlet reveals the concerns...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2014-09-01
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Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/263 |