The historic photo was displayed as part of The Irish Potato Famine exhibit hosted at ... "This is a very important year as it is 170 years since 1847, which is considered to have been the worst ...

In 1847, she published a poem about the famine whose voice is that of the ... was not the result of a massive failure of the Irish potato crop but rather was the result of a deliberate campaign ...

March 1st, 1847: A heightening of sectarian tension adds ... He has just issued a tract on the Famine. It starts: "Fellow Countrymen - Surely God is angry with this land. The potatoes would ...

Meanwhile, in the first six months of 1847 ... The potato remained Ireland’s staple. Conflict over land continued. The Famine became a rallying point for Irish nationalists, making Irish ...

The situation was made worse by the Corn Law, which kept the price of corn too high for Irish people to afford to buy it. However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed again in 1846 ...

Irish peasants were relegated to 1 acre for potato ... 1847 and 1851 evictions rose 1,000%. Sir Charles Trevelyan expressed the Crown's righteous mission: "God sent this calamity [famine] to ...

While St. Patrick's Day is mostly a day of celebration – it also gives us an excuse to learn more about Irish history. In his new book, "Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine," Historian ...

The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great ... The worst year of the famine was 1847, which was later coined 'Black '47'.

He would have been forgotten but that, in 1890, he composed a lengthy account of the Famine ... of Irish land and labour within a shrinking and accelerating world”. The potato, of course ...