Lot 482
Thomas William Magrath (1804-1886)
Lot 482 Details
Thomas William Magrath (1804-1886)
AUTHENTIC LETTERS FROM UPPER CANADA; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF FIELD SPORTS
16mo., 334pp., 1st edition, half title, four engraved plates by Samuel Lover including frontispiece, in 1/2 calf marbled boards, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1833
7.25 x 4.5 in — 18.4 x 11.4 cm
Estimate $150-$250
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The current lot was likely published in Dublin as a response to the masses who migrated from Ireland to 'the colonies' in the decades prior to the 'great famine'. Close to 450,000 emigrated from Ireland to the British North American colonies. Included in these 19th century migrations were thousands of Protestant Irish. Thus, the term “Irish” in Canada did not automatically equate with Roman Catholic. In the United States, historian Kevin Kenny has referred to Irish settlement as primarily urban; by contrast in the British colonies, most of the Irish settled in rural areas, and a minority in the major cities.
Text from: Irish Migration and Settlement in Canada by Professor Mark G. McGowan for the Embassy of Ireland, Ottawa