The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration
Oxford University Press, USA | March 2, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0195055829 | 288 pages | PDF | 1.8 MB
During the winter of 1847-48-"Black '47"-when the potato famine ravaged Ireland, the town of Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, was hit hard. The problem "was above all about food, and therefore about land." Hopelessly behind in