List of tables and figures Preface Introduction: 'a violent society'? 1. Homicide rates in Ireland, 1801-50 2. 'Do you want to pick a fight out of me?': homicide and personal relations 3. 'Sending them to heaven...': homicide and the family 4. 'The tranquillity of a barrel of gun powder': homicide and land 5. 'The madness of party': homicide and sectarianism Conclusion Appendix one Appendix two Bibliography Index
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