THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 101
Final edition of the Revolution Papers
A special edition to remember Ireland's Great Hunger
Newspapers:
- The Freeman's Journal, 29 September 1846
- Kerry Evening Post, 30 January 1847
- Nation, 17 April 1847
- Evening Packet, 23 September 1847
- Freeman's Journal, 14 October 1847
- Northern Whig, 3 August 1848
'Sketching the fearful incidents': Extended excerpt from The Illustrated London News, 13 February 1847
Documentary DVDs:
'When Ireland Starved' (Radharc/RTÉ)
'Ireland's Great Hunger' (Rebecca Abbott/Liam O'Brien/Quinnipiac University)
Contents and articles:
Timeline of events
'Ireland's Great Famine': the failure of the Irish potato crop and the response of the British government
'Victims in their native land': Irish newspapers report from a country ravaged by starvation, disease and death
'A feared institution': the workhouse system and the Famine
'Resisting famine': across Ireland crowds of people gather to prevent the transport and export of food
'Waves of despair': refugees flee Ireland to escape starvation and disease