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The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849

Cecil Woodham Smith

The potato blight began the crisis; land insecurity and relief policy shaped its human toll. Follow the disease, migration and enduring political legacy.

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18 parts, about 34 minutes to read.

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Author
Cecil Woodham Smith
Parts
18 parts
Reading time
about 34 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. A Country Exposed2 min
  2. The First Blight and a Divided Cabinet2 min
  3. Peel's Limited Relief2 min
  4. Works, Wages, and a Second Failure2 min
  5. The Disease Behind the Blackened Fields1 min
  6. Relief Passed to Districts and Dealers1 min
  7. Food Beyond the Reach of Wages2 min
  8. The Winter and Skibbereen2 min
  9. Relief That Could Not Reach the Hungry2 min
  10. Fever and the Uncounted Dead2 min
  11. The Passage to Canada2 min
  12. Aid and Hardship in the United States2 min
  13. Across the Irish Sea2 min
  14. From Public Works to Soup2 min
  15. Relief Under the Poor Law2 min
  16. Young Ireland in 18482 min
  17. Another Failure and a Depleted Country2 min
  18. The Royal Visit and the Long Aftermath2 min

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