Book

Displacement and development: class, kinship, and social change in Irish rural communities

Economic and Social Research Institute (96) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 231

By: Hannan, Damian.

Abstract
This study examines how the smaller subsistence farmers of western Ireland reproduced themselves and their particular economic and social system far more efficiently than the commercialized farms in the eastern part of the country. Despite their greater poverty, western farmers were more flexible in life choices, particularly regarding marriage and migration. Marriage rates characteristic of most of peasant Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century was still true for western farmers in 1926.
Subjects
Population
Composition of population
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Tillage
Real property
Inheritance
Basis of marriage
Regulation of marriage
Celibacy
Household
Kin relationships
culture
Rural Irish
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Europe
Sub Region
British Isles
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2014
Field Date
1971
Coverage Date
1926-1971
Coverage Place
western Ireland
Notes
Damian F. Hannan
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-227)
LCCN
80466332
LCSH
Social classes--Ireland
Kinship--Ireland
Ireland--Rural conditions