This book is a ground-breaking history of poverty and welfare in modern Ireland, in the era of the Irish poor law. As the first study to address poor relief and

Peter Gray presents a complete scholarly account of the origins and introduction of the poor law in Ireland.

Records of the Office of Public Works more than 30 years old have been transferred to the National Archives, Dublin. The types of public works records are descr

Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This book explores at length for the f