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Book cover of Other Famine

Other Famine

The 1822 Crisis in County Leitrim

by Gerard Macatasney
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012

In the summer of 1822 a bad potato crop and limited employment opportunities created famine conditions in the west and south-west of Ireland. The Other Famine is the first book to examine these events, and specifically their implications for County Leitrim. Beginning with an overview of life in the...
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