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Titre : | Villain, victim or prophet? : William Gregory and the Great Famine (2013) |
Auteurs : | Brian M. WALKER, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 38 n 152 2013) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 579-599 |
Langues: | Anglais |
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Résumé : | The name of Sir William Gregory features in most modern accounts of Ireland in the nineteenth century. It is fair to say, however, that usually he is regarded as a 'villain'. Gregory is very widely known as the author of a piece of legislation introduced as part of relief measures during the Famine which sought to limit aid to those with a quarter acre or under of land which became knows as the Gregory clause or the quarter acre clause. [...] Most modern academic accounts of the Famine have been very critical of Gregory. It is widely accepted that the purpose of the Gregory clause was to assist landlords to clear their estates of pauperised smallholders who were paying little or no rent. This measure has been seen by some as leading to mass evictions and causing the clearance of many small farmers and labourers throughout Ireland. While Gregory has been criticised for the effects of his clause he has also been condmned for the words he used in parliament in March 1847, as recorded in Hansard, that he 'did not see of what use such small farmers could possibly be' |
Pays de publication : | Irlande |
Lieu de publication : | Dublin |
Mention de responsabilité : | Brian M. Walker |
Fonds : | Médiathèque |