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Surplus People (Paperback, New edition)
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Surplus People (Paperback, New edition)
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The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense
proportions. Eviction, emigration and death from starvation were
widespread. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenants,
engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given
financial incentives to emigrate. The clearances of uneconomic
tenants from the 85,000-acre Coolattin Estate in County Wicklow by
Lord Fitzwilliam were the most organised in Ireland during and
after the Famine years. From 1847 to 1856 Fitzwilliam removed 6,000
men, women and children and arranged passage from New Ross in
Wexford to Canada on emigrant ships such as the Dunbrody. Most were
destitute and many were ill on arrival in Quebec and New Brunswick.
Hunger and overcrowding at quarantine stations, such as the
infamous Grosse Ile, resulted in further disease and death. Jim
Rees explores this tragedy, from why the clearances occurred to who
went where and how some families fared in Canada.
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