The Great Famine

This is the story of how the Great Irish Famine tore apart one branch of the Halloran family as it faced starvation in the parish of Aghamore in Mayo.

During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, fully a quarter of Ireland's citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. 

New paperback edition of The Curse of Reason. This is a first-hand witness account of the The Great Irish Famine 1845-1852.

The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. This book explores this tragedy, from why the clearances occurred to who went where and how some families fared in Canada.

WINNER of The International Education Services Best Irish Published Book of the Year 2012. A comprehensive and complete look at the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852. Large format, heavy hardcover.

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Featuring new material on the Irish Famine which has never been published before, this is a comprehensive and accessible overview of one of the most significant periods of Irish history.

The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine

This survey of Irish history looks at the origins and consequences of of the changes that swept through Irish society between 1798 and 1848.