The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony 1845-1852, By Ciarán Ó Murchadha. Paperback review. Brian Maye. Sat Nov 09 2013 - 01:00. The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852. Author: Ciarán Ó ...

Famine conditions prevailed in parts of Ireland right up to 1852 with emigration becoming a staple of Irish life. Between 1845 and 1855 over 900,000 Irish people arrived in New York alone.

The fourth episode in The Great Famine Irish history podcast series examines whether the Irish people saw disaster coming? What was Ireland like in 1845? The year 1845 is famous for one thing in ...

THE Great Irish Famine began in 1845, killing at least one million people over a seven-year period. But just what triggered The Great Hunger and how is it commemorated today? 3.

Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...

The Great Famine was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland that generally lasted from 1845 to 1855. The famine was started by a natural disease, an epidemic of vegetation fungus, but ...

Books & the Arts / A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. John Banville The premise of Rot, Padraic S ...

Facts about The Great Famine emigration out of Ireland Dr. Ciarán Ó Murchadha discusses Irish emigration triggered by desperation in his book "The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852." ...

The failure of the potato crop in Ireland beginning in 1845 set in motion a chain of events that significantly altered the history of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The ...

Skibbereen, and west Cork in general, was one of the worst affected parts of Ireland during the Great Famine between 1845 and 1851 and it produced some crucial figures in the Irish independence ...