Irwin, Liam.

Limerick History and Society / edited by Liam Irwin. - Dublin : Geography Publications, 2009 - xx, 697 p. : ill., 24cm

Includes index of names and places.

Table of Contents: Bishop John Fleming: The formation of the medieval church in Limerick Brian Hodkinson: The Medieval City Emmet O'Byrne: The Irish, the Common Law and the Crown Colm J. Donnelly: The defensive life of Limerick s medieval tower houses Clodagh Tait: Broken heads and trampled hats: rioting in Limerick in 1599 Colm Lennon: Religious and social change in early modern Limerick: the testimony of the Sexton family papers Pádrai Lenihan: Ballaí Luimnigh: the sieges of Limerick David Fleming: Limerick s eighteenth-century economy Ruan O'Donnell: The United Irishmen in Limerick, 1791-8 Úna Nic Éinrí: Ó Bharr Féile to Dún Diamhair: Ceiliúradh Luimnigh i bhFilíocht na Máighe san Ochtú hAois Déag P.J. O'Connor: Growth and Development of Co. Limerick s Leading Towns Judith Hill: Barracks, asylum and model school: public architecture in Limerick from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Patrick F. Wallace: Images of Askeaton before the Great Famine Gerard Curtin: Land tenure, farm economy, labour and society in west Limerick Breandán Ó Madagáin: The Irish Tradition in Limerick John Moulden: Limerick ballad makers, printers, singers and sellers, 1785-1880 Matthew Potter: The Evolution of Local Government in Limerick City since 1800 S.C. O Mahony: Emigration from the Workhouses of Limerick, 1848-1859 Gerard Moran: The Emergence of Popular Politics in County Limerick, 1868-1874 Liam Irwin: Thomas Johnson Westropp Michael V. Spillane: The 4th Earl of Dunraven (1841-1926): local realities and conciliation politics Tom Hayes: A virtuous alliance: Muscular and musical Christianity in late nineteenth century Limerick Jonathan Cherry: Landlords, estates, demesnes and mansion houses in county Limerick c.1870-c.1920 John Logan: Frugal Comfort: Housing Limerick s Labourers and Artisans, 1841-1946 Jason Begley: The impact of the Anglo-Irish Economic War 1932-38 on the agricultural sector in Limerick city and county Des McCafferty: Aspects of socio-economic development in Limerick City since 1970: a geographer s perspective Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh: Writing Limerick : historians and other chroniclers

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