Directory of The Great Famine Resources

Home > Regional > Europe > Ireland > Society and Culture > History > The Great Famine

The Great Famine is also known as the Irish Potato Famine. It took place in the period between 1845 and 1850, and resulted in the death or emigration of up to a third of the population.

Resources in This Category

• Famine In Ireland

  http://history-world.org/famine_in_ireland.htm
  Text by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.

• Lord Lucan and the Irish Potato Famine

  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/famine2.html
  Fifteen-page transcription from "The Reason Why" published by McGraw-Hill in 1953.

• The History Place - Irish Potato Famine

  http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/
  Six chapters covering all aspects of the 1845 potato crop failure. Includes an overview, a look at the effects, so called 'coffin ships' and subsequent emigration. Provides illustrations.

• The Irish Famine: 1845-9

  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/famine.html
  Explanation of the blight that destroyed the potato crop, leading to a widespread famine.

Related Categories

• Home > Society > Issues > Poverty > Hunger > Famine Studies

 

Home > Regional > Europe > Ireland > Society and Culture > History > The Great Famine

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us