Hometown : a portrait of Newcastle West, Co Limerick
O'Connor, Patrick J.1998
Books
Main title:
Hometown : a portrait of Newcastle West, Co Limerick / Patrick J. O'Connor.
Author:
Imprint:
Oireacht na Mumhan Books : Newcastle West, 1998.
Collation:
74p. ; ills., 43cm x31cm.
Notes:
30 essays and A3 maps, mutations, memories & 4 generations of living fused into a history of the Limerick town of Newcastle West grouped into themes of historical development [chronological 1709, 1750, 1776, 1840-66], tenant purchase [changeover from tenant to owner-occupier circa 1910 & 1998 occupancy], topographic close-ups [culture, Halla Mór or Paddy Nash's Hall, the Desmond Hall, town houses, Church & congregations], memory & mapping [childhood, convent, church & school, Courtenay School, Castle Demesne (sports), Railway, St. Ita's Secondary School, half-day Wednesday, toponomy (names & storied places), meaning of hometown in a family history], town in country [Newcastle and its Courtenay estate setting 1709-10, directional bias within the estate, dairying, town & tributary area [settlement hub, radial roads, topographical poetry by P J O'Connor]
Audience:
people with an interest in assembling a local history of their own homeplace.
ISBN:
095338960X
Dewey class:
941.9495
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
471745