Using a number of case studies, this talk examines how the country house and its owners functioned in a time of famine. While some were remembered for their benevolence during the Famine, others were castigated for their inaction, which ultimately fed into the stereotypical depiction of the country house towards the end of the nineteenth century and later.
Dr Ciarán Reilly is a historian of 19th & 20th century Irish History at the Department of History, Maynooth University, and Assistant Directorof the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates. He is the author of a number of books on the Great Irish Famine, including The Irish Land Agent, 1830-1860; Strokestown and the Great Famine, and John Plunket Joly and the Great Famine in King’s County. He is also co- editor of Dublin and the Great Famine.
| Date | Wednesday April 2nd | |
| Time | 7pm | |
| Duration | 60 minutes | |
| Maximum Capacity | 80 | |
| Meeting Point | Marlay House, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin D16 W5F7 | |
| Venue | Marlay House | |
| Public Transport | Buses: use TFI Journey Planner |