| The Abduction of a Limerick Heiress: Social and Political Relations in Mid-Eighteenth Century Ireland Contributor(s): Barnard, Toby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0716527154 ISBN-13: 9780716527152 Publisher: Irish Academic Press OUR PRICE: $13.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: At dusk on a November evening in 1743, a young woman was spirited away from a County Limerick rectory. This work throws light on attitudes towards women, property, the law and politics in Ascendancy Ireland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941.945 |
| Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History (Numbered) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.20 lbs) 60 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At dusk on a November evening in 1743, a young woman was spirited away from a County Limerick rectory. The resulting saga lasted into the 1780s and moved between France, Dublin and Limerick. It involved illicit marriages and thwarted love. This work also throws light on attitudes towards women, property, the law and politics in Ascendancy Ireland. The author uses the detailed study of what happened to the heiress to reconsider the dynamics and values of both the Limerick locality and eighteenth-century Ireland. |