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From Broken Glass to Stained Paper: A Family and a Business in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Paul Star

Irish Economic and Social History2025https://doi.org/10.1177/03324893251348894article
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From small beginnings running a glazing and house-painting business in Mountmellick, later members of the Star family became master-painters and wallpaper manufacturers in Dublin between 1820 and 1880. In Mountmellick, they were Anglicans with a Quaker clientele; in Dublin, a new generation became Catholics, serving a Catholic clientele and specialising in church decoration. Their story highlights both possibilities and problems in operating a business in nineteenth-century Ireland. It also gives a new angle on aspects of Ireland's ‘devotional revolution’, the nature of Irish nationalism and limits to Dublin's industrial development. Building on both historical and genealogical research, a look at one family business suggests how other families and their histories, in similar economic and social settings, could be described and analysed.

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@article{paul2025,
  title        = {{From Broken Glass to Stained Paper: A Family and a Business in Nineteenth-Century Ireland}},
  author       = {Paul Star},
  journal      = {Irish Economic and Social History},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/03324893251348894},
}

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F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
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