Ireland Since 1800: Conflict and ConformityThe text, though lively and entertaining, is closely argued, bringing a refreshing intellectual rigour to a field too often bedevilled by sharp-edged polemic or soft-focus romanticism. Its firm structure and distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches throw a searching light on how the twin imperatives of conflict and conformity have shaped the lives of Irish men and women in the past two centuries. These insights are not only of interest in themselves, but are of compelling contemporary relevance: in few places does the past obtrude so inescapably on the present as it does in Ireland, and nowhere else, perhaps, has that past been subjected to such intense analysis in modern times. Ireland since 1800 does justice to both dimensions, and its reworking will be warmly welcomed by old admirers and new readers alike. |
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Page 39
... landlords to let substantial parts of their properties on long leases to so - called middlemen . These in turn subdivided the land into smaller parcels which were then let out to farmers at a higher amount . Landlords benefited by ...
... landlords to let substantial parts of their properties on long leases to so - called middlemen . These in turn subdivided the land into smaller parcels which were then let out to farmers at a higher amount . Landlords benefited by ...
Page 95
... landlords have to pay taxes and meet the costs of estate management ( which rose with the increasing professionalism of the agents and bureaucratic proce- dures employed ) , but almost all were burdened to various degrees with mortgage ...
... landlords have to pay taxes and meet the costs of estate management ( which rose with the increasing professionalism of the agents and bureaucratic proce- dures employed ) , but almost all were burdened to various degrees with mortgage ...
Page 104
... landlords of the North - East were able to retain a position at all reminiscent of former times . Indeed , the ' solvency of Ulster's large landlords and the strength of the sectar- ian context in which they operated provide some ...
... landlords of the North - East were able to retain a position at all reminiscent of former times . Indeed , the ' solvency of Ulster's large landlords and the strength of the sectar- ian context in which they operated provide some ...
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