'This beautifully produced book, with over ninety well-chosen and clear illustrations, is a triumph of collective scholarship and a major contribution to the understanding of modern Irish history.'Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction - Ireland and the Union, 1801-70, Oliver MacDonagh. Aftermath and adjustment, S.J.Connolly; the Catholic question, 1801-12, S.J.Connolly; Union government, 1812-23, S.J.Connolly; mass politics and sectarian conflict, 1823-30, S.J.Connolly; poverty, population and agriculture, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; industry and communications, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; the age of O'Connell, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; politics, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; ideas and institiutions, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; the economy and society, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; land and people, c1841, T.W.Freeman; famine and government response, 1845-6, James S.Donnelly, Jr; production, prices and exports, 1846-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief, 1846-7, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the soup kitchens, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief 1847-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; landlords and tenants, James S.Donnelly, Jr; excess mortality and emigration, James S.Donnelly, Jr; a famine in Irish politics, James S.Donnelly, Jr; Ireland 1859-70 - post-famine and mid-Victorian, R.V.Comerford; churchmen, tenants and independent opposition, 1850-56, R.V.Comerford; conspiring brotherhoods and contending elites, 1857-63, R.V.Comerford; Gladstone's first Irish enterprise, 1864-70, R.V.Comerford; legal developments, 1801-79, J.C.Brady; literature in English, 1801-91, Thomas Flanagan; pre-university education, 1782-1870, D.H.Akenson; administration and the public services, 1800-70, R.B.McDowell; emigration, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; "a peculiar tramping people" - the Irish in Britain, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; Irish emigration to Australia and New Zealand, 1791-1870, Patrick J.O'Farrell; the Irish in North America, 1776-1845, David Noel Doyle; Ireland c1870, W.E.Vaughan. Index.

'This beautifully produced book, with over ninety well-chosen and clear illustrations, is a triumph of collective scholarship and a major contribution to the understanding of modern Irish history.'Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction - Ireland and the Union, 1801-70, Oliver MacDonagh. Aftermath and adjustment, S.J.Connolly; the Catholic question, 1801-12, S.J.Connolly; Union government, 1812-23, S.J.Connolly; mass politics and sectarian conflict, 1823-30, S.J.Connolly; poverty, population and agriculture, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; industry and communications, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; the age of O'Connell, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; politics, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; ideas and institiutions, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; the economy and society, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; land and people, c1841, T.W.Freeman; famine and government response, 1845-6, James S.Donnelly, Jr; production, prices and exports, 1846-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief, 1846-7, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the soup kitchens, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief 1847-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; landlords and tenants, James S.Donnelly, Jr; excess mortality and emigration, James S.Donnelly, Jr; a famine in Irish politics, James S.Donnelly, Jr; Ireland 1859-70 - post-famine and mid-Victorian, R.V.Comerford; churchmen, tenants and independent opposition, 1850-56, R.V.Comerford; conspiring brotherhoods and contending elites, 1857-63, R.V.Comerford; Gladstone's first Irish enterprise, 1864-70, R.V.Comerford; legal developments, 1801-79, J.C.Brady; literature in English, 1801-91, Thomas Flanagan; pre-university education, 1782-1870, D.H.Akenson; administration and the public services, 1800-70, R.B.McDowell; emigration, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; "a peculiar tramping people" - the Irish in Britain, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; Irish emigration to Australia and New Zealand, 1791-1870, Patrick J.O'Farrell; the Irish in North America, 1776-1845, David Noel Doyle; Ireland c1870, W.E.Vaughan. Index.

'This beautifully produced book, with over ninety well-chosen and clear illustrations, is a triumph of collective scholarship and a major contribution to the understanding of modern Irish history.'Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction - Ireland and the Union, 1801-70, Oliver MacDonagh. Aftermath and adjustment, S.J.Connolly; the Catholic question, 1801-12, S.J.Connolly; Union government, 1812-23, S.J.Connolly; mass politics and sectarian conflict, 1823-30, S.J.Connolly; poverty, population and agriculture, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; industry and communications, 1801-45, Cormac O'Grada; the age of O'Connell, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; politics, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; ideas and institiutions, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; the economy and society, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh; land and people, c1841, T.W.Freeman; famine and government response, 1845-6, James S.Donnelly, Jr; production, prices and exports, 1846-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief, 1846-7, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the soup kitchens, James S.Donnelly, Jr; the administration of relief 1847-51, James S.Donnelly, Jr; landlords and tenants, James S.Donnelly, Jr; excess mortality and emigration, James S.Donnelly, Jr; a famine in Irish politics, James S.Donnelly, Jr; Ireland 1859-70 - post-famine and mid-Victorian, R.V.Comerford; churchmen, tenants and independent opposition, 1850-56, R.V.Comerford; conspiring brotherhoods and contending elites, 1857-63, R.V.Comerford; Gladstone's first Irish enterprise, 1864-70, R.V.Comerford; legal developments, 1801-79, J.C.Brady; literature in English, 1801-91, Thomas Flanagan; pre-university education, 1782-1870, D.H.Akenson; administration and the public services, 1800-70, R.B.McDowell; emigration, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; "a peculiar tramping people" - the Irish in Britain, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick; Irish emigration to Australia and New Zealand, 1791-1870, Patrick J.O'Farrell; the Irish in North America, 1776-1845, David Noel Doyle; Ireland c1870, W.E.Vaughan. Index.