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dc.contributor.advisorCunningham, John
dc.contributor.authorHaugh, Dominic
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-09T14:58:13Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/16065
dc.description.abstractWhile there is an increasing volume of research and publications relating to labour history in Ireland in the recent period, there is still a dearth of local labour histories since Emmet O’Connor published A Labour History of Waterford more than thirty years ago. This thesis addresses a gap in this field, focusing on the history of labour in Limerick during the nineteenth century. The general narrative of nineteenth century historiography is one of the struggles of Irish nationalism against British rule. As is seen from this thesis, the reality was that class conflict was a major component part of the history of this period, both in an urban and a rural setting. The thesis is the result of extensive research using archival material as well as national and local primary sources, in conjunction with extensive secondary literature. It demonstrates that the history of Limerick city and county in the nineteenth century was a history of regular conflict between rich and poor, employer and worker, tenant farmer and agricultural labourer, often violent. On many occasions Limerick and the wider Mid-West of the country was the epicentre for mass movements that emerged during the nineteenth century. Often the urban and/or rural working class played a pivotal role in such movements. At the same time, the potential and promise of many of these movements remained unfulfilled as the local and national leaderships of Irish nationalism repeatedly told the working class that ‘labour must wait. The findings will demonstrate the necessity to expand the research into the rich and varied history of labour in Ireland.en_IE
dc.publisherNUI Galway
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectlabouren_IE
dc.subjectlabour movementen_IE
dc.subjectLimericken_IE
dc.subjectworking classen_IE
dc.subjectnineteenth centuryen_IE
dc.subjectclassen_IE
dc.subjectclass conflicten_IE
dc.subjecttrade unionen_IE
dc.subjecttrade union movementen_IE
dc.subjecttradesen_IE
dc.subjecttradesmenen_IE
dc.subjectlabourersen_IE
dc.subjectlandless labourersen_IE
dc.subjectagricultural laboureren_IE
dc.subjectHistoryen_IE
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophyen_IE
dc.subjectArts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studiesen_IE
dc.titleThe history of labour in Limerick in the nineteenth centuryen_IE
dc.typeThesisen
dc.local.noteThis thesis looks at the emergence of trade unions in Limerick in the nineteenth century and the scale of class conflict between the social classes in urban and rural areas during this time period.en_IE
dc.description.embargo2024-07-08
dc.local.finalYesen_IE
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