William Kelly of Portrane: Forgotten Hero of The Famine and Land War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781999973827)

William Kelly was a modernizing influence on Irish farming whose tillage practices and self-invented mangelwurzel bread helped save many lives in Donabate and Portrane during the Great Famine.

A leading light in the tenants' rights leagues of the 1870s, he was a council member of the Irish Home Rule League, one of the founding fathers of the Land League and a signatory to a pivotal document of Irish history. A champion of the poor, he was largely forgotten following his death in 1881.

Author: Gerard Ronan
ISBN-10: 1999973828
ISBN-13: 9781999973827
Publisher: Fingal County Council
Language: English
Published: 07/22/2019
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.53d