Published in London in 1837 by J. Hatchard & Son, John Revans'
"Evils of the State of Ireland; their Causes and Remedy - A Poor
Law", a publication that witnesses a second edition, before the
eventual passing of the 1838 Poor Law Act and its implementation
in Ireland. Containing some 153 printed pages "Evils of the
State of Ireland" represented one of the more benign paths of
social policy that could have been adopted by the British
Government and implemented in Ireland. Prior to the eventual
formulation and implementation of the Poor Law Act several
commissions had been established to look into the causes and
possibly remedies of poverty. One of these commissions was
conducted in Ireland by the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard
Whately, a well known exponent of transportation to the
colonies. Although Whately's conclusions were not adopted - the
result would have been no workhouses in Ireland and no Poor Law
- the estranged Secretary of the Whately Commission, John
Revans, with the support of Dublin administrato