This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52The Irish famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland and the last great sustenance crises in European history. In a country of eight million people, it caused the deaths of one million and the forced emigration of another million. |
Contents
The Rags and Wretched | 1 |
A Blight of Unusual Character 18456 | 31 |
We Cannot Feed the People 18467 | 71 |
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This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine: The Irish Famine 1845-52 Christime Kinealy Limited preview - 2006 |
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Annual Report April areas assistance August Ballina Belfast believed boards of guardians Britain British government British Relief Association CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ cent Clare Cork CRUZ The University CSORP December destitute disease distressed unions Dublin Dunfanaghy economy electoral divisions evictions Famine February funds Galway harvest Ibid increase inmates Irish distress Irish Poor Law January June Kenmare Kilrush labour landlords Letter-Books Lord Lieutenant March ment Minute Book mortality Northern Whig October Office outdoor relief P.L. Commissioners P.L. Inspector paupers Poor Law Commissioners Poor Law relief Poor Law unions poor rates poor relief poorest unions population potato blight potato crop providing relief provision of relief Rate-in-Aid ratepayers regarded Relief Commissioners relief committees relief measures relief of distress relief policies repayments responsibility Russell select committee September 1847 Skibbereen soup kitchens Temporary Relief Act tion Treasury Twistleton to Trevelyan Ulster unions in Ireland UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA vice-guardians west of Ireland workhouse