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 a

An examination of the famine in Ireland, the response by the Anglo-Irish and British governments, and the impact of the death and immigration of over two millio

This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history

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