The Famine in Ulster: The Regional ImpactChristine Kinealy, Trevor Parkhill, Ulster Historical Foundation This volume corrects that distortion "the Famine didn't happen in Ulster." Ulster was indeed spared what a local newspaper called "the horrors of Skibereen," but nonetheless, the severity of the famine, particularly in the winter 1846-7, is all too apparent in each of the nine counties. 95 inmates of Lurgan Workhouse died in one week in February 1847; and 351 people queued to get into Enniskillen Workhouse in one day. What was done to limit the tragedy? Contentious issues such as the effectiveness of government relief measures, the response of local landlords, and the role of the churches are all assessed. |
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THE FAMINE IN COUNTY ANTRIM | 15 |
THE FAMINE IN COUNTY ARMAGH | 35 |
THE FAMINE IN COUNTY CAVAN | 59 |
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accommodation acres agent Andrews Anglo-Celt Antrim appointed April Armagh assistance Bailieborough Ballycastle Ballymoney Ballyshannon barony Belfast Board of Guardians bread Castlederg cent Clogher Coleraine condition Cookstown Cootehill cottiers deaths December decline Derry destitute died disease distress district Donegal Dublin Dungannon dysentery early electoral divisions emigration employment Enniskillen evictions evident failure families farms February Fermanagh funds Glenties ibid increase Indian meal inmates Ireland Irish January John July labourers land landless landlords large numbers letter Lord Londonderry Lowtherstown Lurgan Magherafelt March master meeting Monaghan Newtownards November oatmeal October Omagh outdoor relief overcrowded parish paupers Poor Law Commissioners Poor Law Union population potato blight potato crop pre-famine pressure PRONI Relief Commission relief committees rent reported Routh sessions Shirley estate soup kitchen starvation Strabane subscription suffering temporary fever hospital tenantry tenants townlands Trevor Tyrone Ulster visited week workhouse