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Chapter 1: A HISTORY OF THE IRISH POOR LAW,
By Sir George Nicholls
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The work traces the development and implementation of the poor relief system in Ireland, beginning with earlier social and economic conditions and surveying successive legislative measures, administrative reorganizations, and official inquiries. It examines debates over voluntary versus statutory relief, reports and recommendations from officials, practical institutions such as workhouses and dispensaries, and the law's effects on the rural and urban poor. The account combines legal exposition, contemporary evidence, and practical guidance aimed at administrators, evaluating successes, failures, and lessons for future public relief policy.

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Title: A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people

Author: Sir George Nicholls

Release date: April 10, 2018 [eBook #56957]

Language: English

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A HISTORY
OF THE
IRISH POOR LAW,

IN CONNEXION WITH
THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.
By SIR GEORGE NICHOLLS, K.C.B.,
LATE POOR LAW COMMISSIONER, AND SECRETARY TO THE POOR LAW BOARD.

“Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.”—Sydney Smith

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
KNIGHT & Co., 90, FLEET STREET.
1856.
LONDON · PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.