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Published by Anvil Press, 1975, this is an important (and somewhat hard to find) copy of Patrick O'Donnell's history of Irish Faction fights in the early and mid 19th century - examining the effects and history of affairs on a county by county basis.
O'Donnell traces the history of the phenomenon - the earliest mass incidences of which were recorded in Tipperary in 1805, and subsequently spread across Munster. Some were eventaully linked to rural agrarian secret societies, like the Whiteboys. Others were local in nature, and involved extended families, or were seen as been between neighbouring parishes . The factions had names and districts, and often involved huge numbers of people on fair days or in small towns actively engaing in street brawls on a semi-organised manner.
O'Donnell discusses Tipperary, Limerick, Cork Offaly, Clare and Kerry, as well as reprinting official reports, and setting the rural agraraian scene in 19th century Munster.
The paperback covers are creased moderately, , the white back cover is spotted and the preliminary title page is age spotted.
One of the harder to find Anvil titles.
