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A Galway Landlord During the Great Famine: Ulick John De Burgh, First Marquis of Clanricarde
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Frolicking Earl
 A Galway Landlord During the Great Famine: Ulick John De Burgh, First Marquis of Clanricarde
John Joe Conwell
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4 out of 5 stars The Frolicking Earl.......2007-01-19

John Joseph Conwell provides us with a well defined picture of the First Marquis and the 14th Earl of Clanrickarde, a 19th century County Galway landlord with 52,000 acres to ensure that he suffer no hardship while his tenants had to deal with rotting potatoes. I'm usually disappointed with many of these little "local history books" but this one is well researched and compiled in a very readable fashion.

The negative side is Conwell's last chapter, "Conclusion" which I take serious issue with. Conwell would have us believe this Clanrickarde was a benevolent if somewhat neglective of family and his tenants. In fact, Clarickarde was close to the seat of power in London and a prolific political windbag who had solutions for all of Ireland's problems. He opposed the Poor Law Unions during the famine and generally opposed anything that would cost him as a landlord a few more shillings. Mr. Conwell is far too generous in his praise of this political parasite while neglecting to illuminate the conditions of the wretched poor dying in the ditches while Clarickarde supported the premise that this was God's way of ridding Ireland of it's poor; how damn convenient chaps, eh, what!

Perhaps since I look at all Irish history through immigrant's eyes I suppose my perspective is different from those who live in Ireland, but sadly the distance appears to be increasing exponentially.

Their is little passion in this book, yes, I know it's a scholarly dissertation but the victims of the Irish landlords had names too but we hear little about them and their lives.

Conwell is a fine writer and it's a pity he did not take on the son of this Clanrickarde, a despotic individual who ran the vast estate from London and allowed his agents to abuse, jail and evict many of his tenants until his death in 1916.

Mr. Conwell, for your penance you must write a full sized book and allow us to come to our own conclusions. I know you have it in you!

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