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(O’Brien Pocket History Of) The Irish Famine

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[back cover:] "The Great Famine of the 1840s was Ireland’s greatest disaster; potato blight repeatedly devastated crops and led to colossal loss of life and mass emigration to Britain, the USA and Australia. This book examines the many reasons why the Famine was so catastrophic and looks at the lasting effects of blight on Irish society and culture. It explains why so many Irish people were dependent on the potato and addresses the disagreements between the political leaders of the time and the controversial distribution of what little food was available. Includes first-hand accounts of the harsh conditions endured by poor tenant families, ruthless evictions, and the terrible suffering in the workhouses and aboard the notorious ‘coffin ships’."

Author(s): O'DONNELL, Dr Ruán
Series: O’Brien Pocket History
Publisher: The O’Brien Press
Year: 2008

Language: English
City: Dublin
Tags: 1848 Rising, Act of Union, charity, conacre, Indian corn, crop blight, democide, Fenian, food exports, An Ghorta Mór, Holodomor, Irish Republican Brotherhood, absentee landlord, Irish Poor Law Unions, population reduction, potato famine, Rate-in-Aid, workhouse, Young Ireland

(O'Brien Pocket History of) The Irish Famine - Front Cover
O'Brien Pocket History Series
Half-title
Author Biography / Picture Credits
Title Page
Dedication / Printer's Imprint
Contents
Introduction
1. Population
2. The Coming of Blight
3. Indian Corn, 1845-46
4. Tories and Whigs in Westminster, 1846
5. Popular Resistance
6. The End of Public Works
[photoplates]
7. Private Charity
8. Young Ireland and the Rising of 1848
9. ‘Distressed’ Unions
10. Horror
11. An Ghorta Mór, The Irish Holocaust
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
Publisher's device
O'Brien Pocket History Series (2)
Rear Cover