Dorian, Hugh, 1834-1914.

The outer edge of Ulster : a memoir of social life in nineteenth- century Donegal / Hugh Dorian ; edited by Breandâan Mac Suibhne and David Dickson. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2001. - xii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Originally published: Dublin : Lilliput Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: I Descriptive Scenery -- z Method a nd Source of Literary Instruction -- 3 The School and Schoolmaster -- 4 Local Celebrities -- 5 The Nightly Meetings -- 6 The Master's Revenge -- 7 Villages -- 8 The New School -- 9 The 'Catbrack', or Irish Teachin g -- Io The Years of the Famine -- 11 The Landlord Extermination -- Iz Observances on the Divisions of the Year -- 13 Poteen and Smuggling -- 14 Hints on the Manufacture of Poteen -- 5 Prevailing Customs at Marria ges, Births and Deaths -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: National Scho ols in Fanaid, 1842-1880 -- Index.

0268037124 0268037116 (pbk.)

2001-027191


Dorian, Hugh, 1834-1914 -- Homes and haunts-- Ireland-- Donegal (County)


Famines-- History-- Ireland-- Donegal (County)-- 19th century.


Donegal (Ireland : County)-- Social life and customs.
Donegal (Ireland : County)-- History, Local.

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