The 1865 Rathcore evictions
The 1865 Rathcore evictions

Author: CE. Rayfus

Publisher: CE. Rayfus

Published: 2014-06-08

Total Pages: 443

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The book centres on a mass family clearance of thirteen families from their homesteads in Rathcore, a small rural village situated in south county Meath. The circumstances surrounding those evictions bore all the hallmarks of extremely poor landlord-tenant relations. Central to an understanding of the period was a drastic fall in tillage farming practices throughout Ireland, and the corresponding expansion of livestock/grassland farming, particularly so, in the provinces of Munster and Leinster. This shift in agricultural land-use had serious implications for social structure all across post-famine Ireland. The 1865 Rathcore evictions aims to provide an insight into the whole complex nature of the landlord-tenant relationship in Rathcore, set to a backdrop and a period in time in which a trend facilitated by an expansion of land under grass was well under-way in County Meath from the mid-nineteenth century.

The 1865 Rathcore Evictions
The 1865 Rathcore Evictions

Author: Colin Eugene Rayfus

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-09-05

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9781516884421

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This local history offers up an interesting account of the evictions of Rathcore; a small village situated in south County Meath, Republic of Ireland. The study reviews this entire infamous history and gives an interesting insight into the landlord-tenant relationship in Rathcore, land tenure uncertainty in Meath and Irish agriculture and farming practices from the mid-nineteenth century. Moreover, the study is loaded with a host of primary sources such as census records, maps, tenement valuation maps, photographs, sketches, depositions, poetry stanzas and newspaper articles for the period in question.

Sources for the Study of Crime in Ireland, 1801-1921
Sources for the Study of Crime in Ireland, 1801-1921

Author: Brian Griffin

Publisher: Four Courts Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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This book provides a summary of the contents of the documentary and published sources for the study of crime held in Irish and British repositories, offers suggestions on how to utilize these materials, and also discusses some of the practical problems and limitations in their use. The main focus is on material in Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, Outrage Reports, State of the Country Papers, Crown Files at Assizes, Chief Crown Solicitor's Papers, Crime Branch Special Papers and British Parliamentary Papers.

Evictions of Rathcore
Evictions of Rathcore

Author: Colin Rayfus

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13:

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This local history offers up a fascinating account of the evictions of Rathcore. Rathcore is a small village situated in the southern quadrant of County Meath, Ireland. This study is set as a Local History and the book reviews this entire infamous history dating back to 1865. The story offers an interesting insight into the landlord-tenant relationship in Rathcore, land tenure uncertainty in County Meath and Irish agriculture and farming from the middle of the nineteenth century. Moreover, the study is loaded with a host of primary sources such as census records, tenement valuation maps, photographs & sketches, depositions, poetry stanzas and newspaper articles for the period in question.

Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914
Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914

Author: William Edward Vaughan

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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The book describes how the courts dealt with murder, beginning with the coroner's inquest and ending with the conviction and hanging of the murderer. Between these two points the exquisite, almost balletic, procedure, of the courts and their officers is described, the Crown's case against the prisoner is analyzed, and the prisoner's defense is discussed. Magistrates, policemen, crown solicitors, witnesses, jurors, judges, and hangmen make their appearances. The prisoners, whose silence before and during their trials was their most notable characteristic in the nineteenth-century courts, make their apperances too, but not as prominently as their judicial custodians, until they finally and briefly come into the limelight on the gallows. An implicit theme of the book is the apparent contradiction between the apparent simplicity of the courts' procedures and the complexity of the rules that determined their operation. The book relies on a range of printed primary sources, such as newspapers, parliamentary papers, law reports, and legal textbooks, and on MS sources in the National Archives such as the Convict Reference Files. (Series: Irish Legal History Society)

Secret Societies in Ireland
Secret Societies in Ireland

Author: T. Desmond Williams

Publisher: Dublin : Gill and Macmillan ; New York : Barnes & Noble Books

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 238

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Secret societies have had a greater impact on the history of Ireland than on that of any other country in Western Europe. The Whiteboys, Defenders, Ribbonmen and other oath-bound bodies of peasants who congregated by moonlight in secluded spots to terrorize the surrounding countryside: the politically motivated United Irishmen; the Fenian Brotherhood and the IRB (in America as well as Ireland); the ultra-extremist Invincibles; the post-treaty IRA- organizations such as these have become part of the national folklore, and their leaders are legendary figures. This book sheds new light on the mysterious origins of the societies and describes exactly how they were organized, how they operated, and to what extent they influenced their contemporaries. They also deal with important semi-secret organizations: the Orange Order in the numerous phases of its existence, the Freemasons, and the various radical movements of the inter-war years. Also discussed is the attitude of the church towards secret societies and also the counter-intelligence work of the Dublin Castle authorities and G Division. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive investigation of the internal affairs of Irish secret societies and an assessment of their role in the country's political and social development. In tracing the 200-year-old tradition of subversive activity, it reveals an entirely new 'hidden Ireland'- a submerged political culture embodying the secret aspirations of the Irish people. -- Publisher description.