Life in Victorian Era Ireland

Ian Maxwell • £25 • Pen & Sword

There are many books which tackle the political developments in Ireland during the 19th century. The aim of this one is to show what life was like during the reign of Queen Victoria for those who lived in the towns and countryside during a period of momentous change. It covers a period of 64 years (1837–1901) when the only thing that that connected its divergent decades and generations was the fact that the same head of state presided over them. It is a social history, in so far as politics can be divorced from everyday life in Ireland, examining, changes in law and order, government intervention in education and public health, the revolution in transport and the shattering impact of the Great Famine and subsequent eviction and emigration.