After the Famine

The book delves into the recovery of Irish agriculture following the catastrophic potato famine of the 1840s, offering a groundbreaking annual output series from 1850 to 1914. Michael Turner’s analysis includes shifts in land use, estimates of agricultural value, and productivity assessments, all contextualized within British and European agricultural trends. He argues that landlords, not tenants, reaped the primary financial benefits prior to the Land War, providing insights into the emergence of the land reform movement that led to peasant independence by 1914.