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The heroics and humanitarian contributions of those who came to the
aid of their fellow men and women during the Great Hunger of 1845
and 1852 has been largely ignored and forgotten until recently.
Many of the neglected heroes were prepared to put their lives on
the line and, in a number of instances, suffered permanent health
damage in coming to the aid of the starving and diseased. They
include landlords, poets, clergymen and philanthropists. This
volume follows on from the collection of essays on Famine Heroes
and shows that there were many who were on the front line in coming
to the assistance of their fellow man during this period of
large-scale emigration, starvation and death. At a time when the
world continues to deal with the horrors and legacies of the COVID
pandemic with many front line workers putting their lives at risk,
the heroics of those who gave their time, energy and resources-and
lives-during the calamity of the Great Hunger is recorded and
acknowledged in this collection. This edited collection is a follow
up to Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger (2021)
The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in
modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of
modern Ireland - socially, politically, demographically and
culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost
twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence of
starvation, disease and large-scale emigration. Certain aspects of
the Famine remain contested and controversial, for example the
issue of the British government's culpability, proselytism, and the
reception of emigrants. However, recent historiographical focus on
this famine has overshadowed the impact of other periods of
subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. The narratives
of those who perished, those who survived and those who emigrated
form an integral part of this history and these volumes will make
available, for the first time, some of the original documentation
relating to an event that changed not only Irish history, but the
history of the countries to which the emigrants fled - Britain, the
United States, Canada and Australia. By bringing together letters,
government reports, diaries, official documents, pamphlets,
newspaper articles, sermons, eye-witness testimonies, poems and
novels, these volumes will provide a fresh way of understanding
Irish history in general, and famine and migration in particular.
Comprehensive editorial apparatus and annotation of the original
texts are included along with bibliographies, appendices,
chronologies and indexes that point the way for further study.
The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in
modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of
modern Ireland - socially, politically, demographically and
culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost
twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence of
starvation, disease and large-scale emigration. Certain aspects of
the Famine remain contested and controversial, for example the
issue of the British government's culpability, proselytism, and the
reception of emigrants. However, recent historiographical focus on
this famine has overshadowed the impact of other periods of
subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. This volume
examines how the failure of the potato crop in the late 1840s led
to the mass exodus of 2.1 million people between 1845 and 1855.
They left for destinations as close as Britain and as far as the
United States, Canada and Australia, and heralded an era of mass
migration which saw another 4.5 million leave for foreign
destinations over the next half-century. How they left, how they
settled in the host countries and their experiences with the local
populations are as wide and varied as the numbers who left and,
using extensive primary sources, this volume analyses and assesses
this in the context of the emigrants themselves and in the new
countries they moved.
The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in
modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of
modern Ireland - socially, politically, demographically and
culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost
twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence of
starvation, disease and large-scale emigration. Certain aspects of
the Famine remain contested and controversial, for example the
issue of the British government's culpability, proselytism, and the
reception of emigrants. However, recent historiographical focus on
this famine has overshadowed the impact of other periods of
subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. This volume
seeks to counterbalance the recent historiographical focus on the
Great Irish Famine which has overshadowed the impact of other
periods of subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. As
occurred during the Great Famine, they often resulted in increased
levels of evictions, emigration, disease and death, although the
scale was lower. While the Great Famine brought major economic,
social and demographic changes, large areas of the country retained
pre-famine structures with many communities continuing to have a
subsistence existence and, consequently, regular crop failures and
famines. These lesser known famines are examined in this volume
along with the causes and why they did not achieve the scale of the
Great Famine.
The tragedy that struck Ireland between 1845 and 1852 is often
viewed through the lens of cold-hearted bureaucrats, greedy
merchants or indifferent landlords who put profit, principles of
political economy, and prejudice against the Irish poor, above the
need to save lives. This ground-breaking volume examines the
contributions of the numerous men and women who risked their
lives-and sometimes their livelihoods-in caring for the sick and
the starving. This publication examines the uplifting contributions
of numerous individuals who combatted hunger, famine and disease in
the mid-nineteenth century in order to save the lives of strangers.
At a time that the world is struggling with the deadly COVID
pandemic and its aftermath, these stories are a tribute to all
forgotten or nameless caregivers and front-line workers.
The Great Hunger of 1845 to 1852 cast a long shadow over the
subsequent history of Ireland and its diaspora. Since 1995, there
has been a renewed interest in studying this event, not only by
history scholars and students, but by archeologists, artists,
musicians, scientists, folklorists, etc., all of which has added
greatly to our understanding of this tragic event.The focus on the
Great Hunger, however, has overshadowed other periods of famine and
food shortages in Ireland and their impact on a society in which
poverty, hunger, emigration and even excess mortality, were part of
the life cycle and not unique to the 1840s. This publication
re-examines some of the forgotten famines that not only shaped
Ireland's history, but the histories of the many countries in which
successive waves of emigrants chose to settle.
In any sustained period of food hunger and famine, children are one
of the most vulnerable groups in terms of disease and mortality.
The Great Hunger that occurred in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 is
no exception. This publication explores the impact of famine on
children and young adults through a multi-disciplinary approach. It
includes research from some of the leading scholars in the
field.Children and the Great Hunger in Ireland breaks new ground in
its emphasis on the experiences of children during the Irish
Famine. It features a diverse range of sources and eyewitness
accounts, together with new methodologies, that attest to the
Famine's devastating impact on young people. This book asks: how
did children experience--and survive--the tragedy that unfolded in
Ireland between 1845 and 1852? Children and the Great Hunger in
Ireland brings together the work of some of the leading researchers
in Irish studies, with new scholarship, methodologies and
perspectives. This book takes a major step toward advancing our
understanding of the Great Hunger.
Irish migrants in new communities: Seeking the Fair Land? comprises
the second collection of essays by these editors exploring fresh
aspects and perspectives on the subject of the Irish diaspora. This
volume, edited by Mairtin O Cathain and Micheal O hAodha, develops
many of the oral history themes of the first book and concentrates
more on issues surrounding the adaptation of migrants to new or
host environments and cultures. These new places often have a
jarring effect, as well as a welcoming air, and the Irish bring
their own interpretations, hostilities, and suspicions, all of
which are explored in a fascinating and original number of new
perspectives.
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