James S. Donnelly, Jr.

Who is James S. Donnelly, Jr.?

James S. Donnelly, Jr. was a modern British and Irish historian. Retired, Donnelly is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a leading figure in the small field of Irish studies in North America. Donnelly is a former president of the American Conference for Irish Studies, and a current co-editor of the journal Éire-Ireland.

He is the author of:

Captain Rock: The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824..

Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture.. editor and chief.

The Great Irish Potato Famine..

Irish Popular Culture 1650-1850., co-edited with Kerby A. Miller.

Irish Peasants: Violence & Political Unrest, 1780-1914., co-edited with Samuel Clark.

The Land and the People of Nineteenth-Century Cork: The Rural Economy and Land Question. 1975

Landlord and Tenant in Nineteenth-Century Ireland..