Cormac O'Grada
Biographic Data
| ID | 4554468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cormac O'Grada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cormac |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Grada |
| SIGNATURE | GRÁDA C Ó |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine
Debate about the adequacy of public action during the Great Irish Famine is hampered by a lack of detailed information on its impact at local level. This study addresses the question of local agency with a case study of the North Dublin Union, which was responsible for administering the Irish poor law in the northern half of Dublin city. We use workhouse records to study the Union's functioning during the famine. High mortality of workhouse inmat…
Ireland before and after the Famine
Making Irish famine history in 1995
Journal Article Making Irish famine history in 1995 Get access C O'Grada C O'Grada Department of Economics, University College, Dublin, Ireland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 42, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1996, Pages 87–106, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/1996.42.87 Published: 01 January 1996
The Great Irish Famine
The Irish Famine of 1846–50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Gráda's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the invasion of the potato-killing fungus, Phytophthora infestans, highlighting Irish poverty and the importance of the potato, but also finding signs of eco…
The Vocational Training Policy of the Eec and the Free Movement of Skilled Labour
Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine
Debate about the adequacy of public action during the Great Irish Famine is hampered by a lack of detailed information on its impact at local level. This study addresses the question of local agency with a case study of the North Dublin Union, which was responsible for administering the Irish poor law in the northern half of Dublin city. We use workhouse records to study the Union's functioning during the famine. High mortality of workhouse inmat…
The Vocational Training Policy of the Eec and the Free Movement of Skilled Labour
Making Irish famine history in 1995
Journal Article Making Irish famine history in 1995 Get access C O'Grada C O'Grada Department of Economics, University College, Dublin, Ireland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 42, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1996, Pages 87–106, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/1996.42.87 Published: 01 January 1996
The Vocational Training Policy of the Eec and the Free Movement of Skilled Labour
The Great Irish Famine
The Irish Famine of 1846–50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Gráda's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the invasion of the potato-killing fungus, Phytophthora infestans, highlighting Irish poverty and the importance of the potato, but also finding signs of eco…
Making Irish famine history in 1995
Journal Article Making Irish famine history in 1995 Get access C O'Grada C O'Grada Department of Economics, University College, Dublin, Ireland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 42, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1996, Pages 87–106, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/1996.42.87 Published: 01 January 1996
Ireland before and after the Famine
Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine
Debate about the adequacy of public action during the Great Irish Famine is hampered by a lack of detailed information on its impact at local level. This study addresses the question of local agency with a case study of the North Dublin Union, which was responsible for administering the Irish poor law in the northern half of Dublin city. We use workhouse records to study the Union's functioning during the famine. High mortality of workhouse inmat…
Archaeology (4 works) · Economic history (4 works) · Famine (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Irish and British Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Irish (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)