The Irish Famine: A Documentary History

by Noel Kissane

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The Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the greatest catastrophe in recorded Irish history. It was caused by the repeated failure of the potato crop, the main food source of the poorer classes. The failure resulted in hunger, starvation, and ultimately death or emigration for a quarter of the population - one million died and over a million emigrated. The emigrants formed the main basis for the Irish diaspora in Britain, the United States, Canada, and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0907328245

ISBN13:9780907328247

Release Date:August 1996

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 8.4" x 11.0"

Related Subjects

Europe History Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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