Parliamentary Memoirs Of Fermanagh And Tyrone, From 1613 To 1885 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354300592)

Local power, national consequence. A vital record of governance. Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885, by the Earl of Belmore, is a rigorous historical memoir collection that traces county Fermanagh politics and county Tyrone governance from the upheavals of 17th century Ireland into the transformations of the Victorian era. Bringing together memoirs, county records and parliamentary material, it exposes the continuity of representation, patronage and local authority as Anglo-Irish institutions pressed into Irish life. Readers gain a sustained view of Irish parliamentary history and the daily realities that underpinned wider Anglo-Irish relations. The clear chronology and local focus connect townland concerns to parliamentary debate, making this a productive source for understanding how county-level choices fed national policy. As such it complements other sources used in British parliamentary studies and regional scholarship alike. Written for readers who prize documentary clarity as much as story, the memoirs appeal on many levels. Casual readers discover local drama and the personalities behind contested elections, land disputes and civic decision-making; classic literature collectors add a distinctive regional voice to their shelves. At the same time the work performs as a dependable academic reference book: researchers of Irish history consult it for nineteenth-century political records and for material that illuminates Irish peerage records, while students of British parliamentary studies use it to trace procedural developments and constituency practice. Libraries, local historians and collectors alike appreciate its combination of narrative interest and archival value. Its historical and literary significance is plain: as a primary-source window the memoirs deepen understanding of how landed interests, electoral culture and peerage interwove across centuries, offering evidence valuable to comparative historians and biographers. The collection's local specificity, matched to long chronological sweep, invites fresh reassessment of Anglo-Irish relations and parliamentary development in both policy and practice. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

Author: The Earl of Belmore
ISBN-10: 9354300596
ISBN-13: 9789354300592
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2020
Pages: 366
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d