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- Letters from the Irish FamineMichael Collins
Famine Refugees in New York Over 1 million Irish Famine refugees fled to America as conditions worsened in Ireland. The majority of Irish Famine refugees arrived, along with many other immigrants, in the port of New York. Their first view of the ne [ ... ] |
Travellers Reports Of The Famine One of the striking features of the Great Irish Famine was that it occurred in an era of mass media. Newspapers reported on the event in Europe and America, cables relayed news around the globe with relative ease and, |
The Famine And Kate Corbett Research into the life of Kate Corbett, my great-grandmother, revealed a childhood that straddled the worst years of the great famine. Born into a relatively prosperous Dublin family in 1841 |
Book Reviews - Great Famine
The Great Hunger
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 Cecil Woodham Smith €12.99 (PB) Published by Penguin Long considered a classic on the subject...
Read More...The Great Irish Famine
The Great Irish Famine Cathal Póirtéir ISBN 9781856351119 €12.99 Published by Mercier Press A series of essays about the famine by leading Irish historians, economist and writers...
Read More...Tourist's Gaze: Travellers to Ireland, 1800-2000
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National Archives Irish Maps The UK's national archive now has a wonderful set of 60 searchable maps of Ireland dating from the 1500s onward. Drawn on parchment,...
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February In Irish History Some remarkable anniversaries for February in Irish history
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Women in Irish History
Anna Haslam
Anna Haslam was the founding member of numerous social, suffrage and union associations in Ireland and England. She promoted women's education and successfully campaigned for the rights of women to stand as county councillors.
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