Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Land, landlords and the big house -- Poverty, famine, evictions -- From union to partition -- Towards a modern Ireland -- Chronology.
Summary
A treasury of Irish photographs dating from 1840 to the present includes early daguerrotype portraits taken of the wealthy class during the Great Famine, historical images of the fight for independence and other campaigns, and depictions of landscapes and people in the midst of political struggles.
