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The Lost Children: A Study of Charity Children in Ireland, 1700-1900

Joseph Robins - Almshouses - 1980 - 392 pages
Monograph on historical child care and child labour practices with regard to homeless children in Ireland for the period from 1700 to 1900 - discusses the foundling hospitals ...
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The Miasma: Epidemic and Panic in Nineteenth Century Ireland

Joseph Robins - History - 1995 - 292 pages
For centuries medical men decried the notion that epidemic disease was contagious, that it might be spread by minute unseen organisms. Instead they blamed foul vapours in the ...
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Champagne and Silver Buckles: The Viceregal Court at Dublin Castle, 1700-1922

Joseph Robins - British - 2001 - 248 pages
A history of the headquarters of British rule in Ireland. Examines the social and ceremonial life of the Viceregal Court, and looks at the individuals who performed at the ...
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Custom House People

Joseph Robins - Customs administration - 1993 - 228 pages
The Custom House was completed in 1791 to serve as the headquarters of the Commissioners of Custom and Excise, responsible for collecting customs duties and excise taxes. In ...
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