Drogheda Before the Famine : Urban Poverty in the Shadow of Privilege 1826-45

In the MAYNOOTH STUDIES IN LOCAL HISTORY series. An insight into the condition of the urban poor on the eve of the Great Famine and how ill prepared they were to withstand it. Examines life in Drogheda during the two decades preceding the Famine and explores the community responses during poverty and subsistence crises.