A Pocket History of the Irish Famine: The Story of Ireland's Great Hunger (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780717179442)

The Great Famine, "an Gorta Mor" in Irish, was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It's often referred to as the Irish Potato Famine, particularly outside Ireland, as around forty percent of the population were reliant on this crop. Over a million people died and over a million more emigrated, often in appalling circumstances. This book explains what happened before and during the Famine, with an account of the consequences of this epic tragedy.

Author: Fiona Biggs
ISBN-10: 0717179443
ISBN-13: 9780717179442
Publisher: Gill Books
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2018
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 5.50h x 5.20w x 0.80d