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 57
... drainage and consoli- dation . On 21 January he informed Stewart & Kincaid that he was about to commence drainage near Milk Harbour where he would employ 50 men ( SK ) . On 13 May he requested that an inspector be sent from the Board of ...
... drainage and consoli- dation . On 21 January he informed Stewart & Kincaid that he was about to commence drainage near Milk Harbour where he would employ 50 men ( SK ) . On 13 May he requested that an inspector be sent from the Board of ...
Page 108
... drainage works on Ferrall lands in the first half of the 1840s . On 21 February 1842 Nolan wrote to Kincaid : ' We are fighting ahead to get the drains passed [ at a presentment sessions ] for taking away the water off Ballyfeeny ...
... drainage works on Ferrall lands in the first half of the 1840s . On 21 February 1842 Nolan wrote to Kincaid : ' We are fighting ahead to get the drains passed [ at a presentment sessions ] for taking away the water off Ballyfeeny ...
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... drainage on Crichton lands . Aimed at relieving distress , small - scale drainage works were executed on one of D. H. Ferrall's Roscommon townlands in 1846. The poor quality of houses and lack of farm structures was general on his lands ...
... drainage on Crichton lands . Aimed at relieving distress , small - scale drainage works were executed on one of D. H. Ferrall's Roscommon townlands in 1846. The poor quality of houses and lack of farm structures was general on his lands ...
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