Statistical Survey of the County of Clare

Statistical Survey of the County of Clare

Author: Hely Dutton

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020080180

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Statistical Survey of the County of Clare is a detailed study of the history, economics, and geography of County Clare, Ireland, written by Hely Dutton in 1808. The book includes information on agriculture, mining, industry, and social conditions in the county, as well as suggestions for improving the local economy. It is an important historical document and a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of County Clare or Irish economic history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The Death of the Irish Language

The Death of the Irish Language

Author: Reg Hindley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 113508419X

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Using a blend of statistical analysis with field survery among native Irish speakers, Reg Hindley explores the reasons for the decline of the Irish language and investigates the relationships between geographical environment and language retention. He puts Irish into a broader European context as a European minority language, and assesses its present position and prospects.


Feast and Famine

Feast and Famine

Author: Leslie Clarkson

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2001-11-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0191543675

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This book traces the history of food and famine in Ireland from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. It looks at what people ate and drank, and how this changed over time. The authors explore the economic and social forces which lay behind these changes as well as the more personal motives of taste, preference, and acceptability. They analyze the reasons why the potato became a major component of the diet for so many people during the eighteenth century as well as the diets of the middling and upper classes. This is not, however, simply a social history of food but it is a nutritional one as well, and the authors go on to explore the connection between eating, health, and disease. They look at the relationship between the supply of food and the growth of the population and then finally, and unavoidably in any history of the Irish and food, the issue of famine, examining first its likelihood and then its dreadful reality when it actually occurred.