Christopher Dillon Bellew and His Galway Estates, 1763-1826 (Maynooth Studies in Local History) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Christopher Dillon Bellew and His Galway Estates, 1763-1826 (Maynooth Studies in Local History) Book

Despite some success, Bellew's grandiose plans to create a Utopian rural idyll on his Galway estates were thwarted as his tenants gradually became less amenable to participation in what their landlord deemed an 'experiment'. The manner of local protest testified to 'the intensifying militancy among the rural population: from the classic 'food riot' in July 1783, agrarian discontent escalated to the extent of fost ering the ruthless violence of Connacht Ribbonism in the 1820s. This study portrays the Mount Bellew estate as a microcosm of a deferential world that crumbled, despite the landlord's attempts to preserve the old order.Read More

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  • 1851827633
  • 9781851827633
  • Joe Clarke
  • 1 September 2003
  • Four Courts Press Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 64
  • illustrated edition
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