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Administration of estates --- Donegal (Ireland : County) --- History
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Mountrath, Charles Coote, --- Hamilton, Frederick, --- Donegal (Ireland : County) --- Ireland --- History
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In this accessible and lively book, local historian Sean Beattie explores the dramatic impact of the newly formed Congested Districts Board (CDB) on the economic, political, and cultural life of County Donegal. The starting point is the year 1891, when Arthur Balfour, as Chief Secretary, established the CDB as a regional development agency for eight western counties, including Donegal. At that time, County Donegal was recovering from the effects of the Land War and a series of bitter harvests. In an attempt to end the cycle of poverty, the CDB set out to raise living standards by promoting
Poverty --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Government policy --- Donegal (Ireland : County) --- Donegal, Ire. (County) --- County Donegal (Ireland) --- Donegal (County) --- History. --- Dún na nGall (Ireland : County) --- Contae Dhún na nGall (Ireland) --- Tirconaill (Ireland) --- Ireland. --- Congested Districts Board for Ireland
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Folklore --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- McGrath, Patrick James, --- Packy Jim, --- Donegal (Ireland : County) --- Donegal, Ire. (County) --- County Donegal (Ireland) --- Donegal (County) --- Dún na nGall (Ireland : County) --- Contae Dhún na nGall (Ireland) --- Tirconaill (Ireland)
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