The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852

Beginning with the potato blight in 1845 and the resulting harvest failures that left the country's impoverised population foodless, this insightful new book explores how the government failed to help the poor, leading to many unecessary deaths. Draws on eyewitness accounts, official reports, newspa [...]
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Beginning with the potato blight in 1845 and the resulting harvest failures that left the country's impoverised population foodless, this insightful new book explores how the government failed to help the poor, leading to many unecessary deaths. Draws on eyewitness accounts, official reports, newspapers and private diaries to present a new picture of this human calamity.