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The Great Famine: Studies in Irish History 1845-52
Published in 1957 and long out of print, it was the first detailed modern study of the disaster. ""A distinguished book"" - American Historical Review and ""a pioneer work ... at times even austere in style and presentation"" - Irish Historical Studies.
523 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
About the author
R. Dudley Edwards
7 booksRobert Walter Dudley Edwards, known to his friends as Robin and his students as 'Dudley' was an Irish historian. In 1933, Edwards married Sheila O'Sullivan, a folklorist and teacher. They had three children. Sheila died in April 1985, followed by Robert in 1988.
Educated first at the Catholic University School, Robert moved to St. Enda's School after the 1916 rising, and then Synge Street CBS, finally returning to the Catholic University School. In his final exams he failed French and Irish but gained first place in Ireland in history.
In University College Dublin, Edwards was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society, gained a first-class degree in history in 1929 followed by a first class master's degree in 1931 with the National University of Ireland prize. He carried out postgraduate work at the University of London and earned his PhD in 1933, published in 1935 as Church and State in Tudor Ireland. Along with Theo Moody he founded the Irish Historical Society in 1936, and its journal Irish Historical Studies was first published in 1938.
In 1937 he was awarded a DLitt by the National University of Ireland and in 1939 was appointed to a statutory lectureship in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. He succeeded Mary Hayden to the Chair of Modern Irish History in 1944, which he held until he retired in 1979. His contribution to the discipline of history in Ireland was substantial, and included the setting up of the university archives.
- from Wikipedia
Educated first at the Catholic University School, Robert moved to St. Enda's School after the 1916 rising, and then Synge Street CBS, finally returning to the Catholic University School. In his final exams he failed French and Irish but gained first place in Ireland in history.
In University College Dublin, Edwards was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society, gained a first-class degree in history in 1929 followed by a first class master's degree in 1931 with the National University of Ireland prize. He carried out postgraduate work at the University of London and earned his PhD in 1933, published in 1935 as Church and State in Tudor Ireland. Along with Theo Moody he founded the Irish Historical Society in 1936, and its journal Irish Historical Studies was first published in 1938.
In 1937 he was awarded a DLitt by the National University of Ireland and in 1939 was appointed to a statutory lectureship in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. He succeeded Mary Hayden to the Chair of Modern Irish History in 1944, which he held until he retired in 1979. His contribution to the discipline of history in Ireland was substantial, and included the setting up of the university archives.
- from Wikipedia
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July 28, 2019After reading many dozens of books on the Famine, this book is the very best of the bunch. It gives you an overview, without getting too tied-up in the same details that most other Famine books do . I will now use this book as a go-to reference for all of my research.
I can't say enough about the value of this book !
I can't say enough about the value of this book !
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