Landlords, Tenants, Famine: The Business of an Irish Land Agency in the 1840sDesmond Norton's fascinating study of the relationships between landlords and tenants in Ireland during the Great Famine period of the 1840s is principally based on a large uncatalogued archive in private ownership of the Stewart and Kincaid land agents. Much of the information from this unique resource is being published for the first time. Norton challenges existing assumptions about landlord-tenant relations, emigration and land improvement during the famine decade. Messrs Stewart and Kincaid was a firm of land agents based in Dublin, and most of the correspondence was addressed to its office there. The letters in the archive relate mainly to the estates managed by the firm during the 1840s, and give a rounded picture of life in the Irish countryside during the period. They provide evidence of some humane and caring landlords, the activities of middlemen, suffering tenants and emigration in a large number of locations, including Sligo and Roscommon, Clare and Limerick, Kilkenny, Carlow and Westmeath.Many famous families appear such as the Pakenhams and Ponsonbys, well-known historical figures, such as Lord Palmerston, who was foreign secretary and prime minister, as well as being a landlord in Sligo and Dublin. The evidence of the Stewart and Kincaid archives is complemented by research into other family archives and from the author's meetings with descendants of many of the families discussed. "Landlords, Tenants, Famine" is an immensely important contribution to scholarship on the Great Famine and to nineteenth-century Irish economic history. |
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Page 172
... wrote to Stewart & Kincaid that both he and the other tenants had been selling butter in Kilfenora , but that the price is remaining very low ' ( SK ) . On 16 November the Stewart & Kincaid employee W. V. Griffith wrote to Kincaid that ...
... wrote to Stewart & Kincaid that both he and the other tenants had been selling butter in Kilfenora , but that the price is remaining very low ' ( SK ) . On 16 November the Stewart & Kincaid employee W. V. Griffith wrote to Kincaid that ...
Page 189
... Stewart might have informed him . In the spring of 1843 Stewart wrote to Kincaid from Limerick City , stating that a passenger on the coach upon which he had travelled had provided him with ' details of murder and outrages as we came ...
... Stewart might have informed him . In the spring of 1843 Stewart wrote to Kincaid from Limerick City , stating that a passenger on the coach upon which he had travelled had provided him with ' details of murder and outrages as we came ...
Page 192
... wrote to Stewart & Kincaid asking the firm to use influence at the Board of Works to secure an appointment for him.29 The need for seed potatoes Early in 1846 John Stewart wrote that he was worried about the potatoes having the seed ...
... wrote to Stewart & Kincaid asking the firm to use influence at the Board of Works to secure an appointment for him.29 The need for seed potatoes Early in 1846 John Stewart wrote that he was worried about the potatoes having the seed ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PALMERSTON IN SLIGO IN THE EARLY 1840s | 26 |
FOUR | 57 |
Copyright | |
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agent Ahamlish America arrears assisted emigration Ballinruane Ballyfeeny Barony Batty Blackwell Brennan brother Carlow Castlerea Cliffoney conacre Coolcullen County County Roscommon December Directory distrained distraint distress district drainage Dublin Earl of Howth early ejectment decrees Ennistymon eviction famine farm February Ferrall Ferrall lands Ferrall's firm Fitzgerald Frankfort holdings improvements indicated informed Stewart Ireland Irish J. R. Stewart James January John Stewart July June Kilglass Killucan Kincaid correspondence Kincaid dated landlords late lease letter to Stewart Limerick listed loan London Longford Longford town Lord Lynch March Mullaghmore Nolan November Nugent October paid Pakenham Palmerston Papers parish payment Philipstown Ponsonby poor potato reference relief committee reported to Stewart requested road Robertstown Roscommon seems sent September Sherlock Sligo town Smyth Stewart & Kincaid Stewart wrote Stratford Strokestown surrender tenantry tenants townland undertenants Valuation Vincent Walker Westmeath William Wingfield wrote to Kincaid wrote to Stewart