Description

Deconstructing the localized structural mechanics, landlord policy decisions, and human casualties of the Great Famine requires an objective, data-driven investigation into estate management logs. In The Impact of the Great Famine on Sir William Palmer’s Estates in Mayo, 1840-69, respected agrarian historian Gerard Moran delivers a thorough, highly accurate institutional audit documenting how the demographic catastrophe unfolded across a massive landed property in Connacht.

Moran looks deeply into original rent ledgers, eviction decrees, correspondence files between the landlord and his local agents, and poor law union registries to evaluate the practical functional operations of assisted emigration schemes, crop clearances, and workhouse admissions. The text systematically guides advanced researchers through the changing balances of land tenure and rural poverty, bypassing sentimental generalizations for high-impact socio-economic analysis. This premium volume stands as an indispensable reference centerpiece for university libraries, advanced nineteenth-century history tracks, and famine archives.

Critical economic and micro-historical frameworks evaluated within this study:

• Estate and Fiscal Micro-Analytics: Breaks down specific rent collection deficits, tenant demographic drop metrics, acreage clearings, and assisted passage funding values.

• Socio-Political Landscape Mapping: Documents the direct links between London government relief policies, local landlord financial pressures, and the systematic displacement of smallholders.

• Gold-Standard Scholarly Quality: Meticulously annotated with expansive primary ledger citations, verified local surname indices, and deep peer-reviewed footnotes.