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.

a collection of essays that cover various aspects of the Irish Famine by Cork University Press and Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum. As Foley explains, the interview with O’Donnel was highly ...

Seeing the extreme poverty in the west of Ireland in 1835 ... Irish refugees were known as “coffin ships.” That’s the picture of the Great Famine we have today. The account provided 176 ...

Ships flying the flag of disease ... Johnson. The Irish famine gave rise to a movement called Young Ireland, who members swore to free their country from Britain by any means, even armed rebellion.

Lincoln was one of 15,000 people worldwide to donate money to Ireland during the Great Irish Famine. This is according to evidence unearthed by respected Irish historian Christine Kinealy ...