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The Great Famine - Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 (Paperback)
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The Great Famine - Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 (Paperback)
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The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony examines this enormous human
calamity anew. Beginning with the coming of the potato blight in
1845 and the resulting harvest failures that left the country's
impoverished population numb with shock as well as foodless, it
explores government relief measures that so often failed to meet
the needs of the poor, leading in fact to many more deaths.The book
charts the horrific realities of Ireland's pauper-crammed
workhouses, the mass clearances of the later Famine period and the
great waves of panic-driven emigration that in a few short years
combined to empty the country of its once teeming population.
Drawing on eyewitness accounts, official reports, newspapers and
private diaries, the focus of the book rests on the experiences of
those who suffered and died during the Famine, and on those who
suffered and survived. This is an important book for anyone who
wants to understand Europe's greatest nineteenth century population
disaster and its long term consequences.
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