'The Ceaseless Labour of Your Life': Occupations and Wages in Holyhead, 1841–81. (1st December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huws, Gareth
• Is Part Of: Welsh history review. Volume 29:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 562
• Page End: 593
• Publication Date: 2019-12-01
• Subjects: Wales -- History -- Periodicals; Histoire -- Périodiques; Wales; History; Periodicals; 942.9005
• DOI: 10.16922/whr.29.4.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0043-2431

Abstract

The relationship between Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century has been extensively studied, but the crucial significance of the London-Dublin communications link in this relationship has received less attention from historians. This article concentrates on the effect of establishing and maintaining this link on the strategically-placed town of Holyhead and, more specifically, how employment patterns in the town changed as Holyhead became the main mail packet port for the Irish Sea crossing.