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Still, with Limerick gone, Cork know that they will never get a better chance to finally end the famine. IN the days after ...
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Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...
One act of generosity during the Great Famine forged a bond that transcends generations Austin West visits Kindred Spirits, a monument to the Choctaw in County Cork. The 20-foot-high steel ...
But it failed to acknowledge the tragedy unfolding within its borders. During the Great Famine (1845-52), at least 1m people died of starvation in Ireland and about 1.5m fled.
We set out to understand how a disaster as terrible as the Great Irish Famine (1845–1852), one of the worst famines in history, can affect the long‑term health of the people who survived it ...
Life-sized bronze sculptures of starving men, women and children stand along Dublin’s River Liffey, confronting passersby with the harsh reality of Ireland’s Great Famine.
For many descendants of Irish emigrants, the Great Famine is the anchor for a common – if often distant and attenuated – identity ...
The pot was used to feed hundreds of people in a part of County Londonderry during the Great Famine.