Falling Into Wretchedness: Ferbane in the Late 1830sIn 1836 the parish priest of Ferbane stated that local people had Ã?Â?Ã?«fallen into wretchednessÃ?Â?Ã?Â-. This study portrays the community of people who lived in and around the small West Offaly town of Ferbane during the late 1830s. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
The Kings of Ballylin | 21 |
Economic life | 28 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Falling Into Wretchedness: Ferbane in the Late 1830s Issue 15 of Maynooth studies in local history |
| Author | Helen Sheil |
| Publisher | Irish Academic Press, 1998 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Nov 5, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0716527049, 9780716527046 |
| Length | 64 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Reference |
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