This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52 by Christine Kinealy

This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52

Christine Kinealy

504 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish pop...

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