Apparitions of Death and Disease
An edition of Apparitions of Death and Disease (2015)
The Great Hunger in Ireland
By Christine Kinealy
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Cork University Press
Language
eng
Pages
40
Description:
This essay provides an overview of the devastating period in Irish history that is simply remembered as the 'Great Hunger'. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine, examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the center of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve?--Back cover.