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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
Her research has focused on the political history of Ireland, the Great Irish Famine, and the Easter Rising. She has a particular focus on the lives of the Daly family from Limerick, publishing biographies of Edward Daly and Thomas Clarke. She is the editor of Revolutionary Woman, the autobiography of Kathleen Clarke. [1]
Many of these women were orphaned during the Great Famine and used prostitution as a means to provide for themselves. [3] Some of the women lived on the plains seasonally, with up to 60 women there in the summer months. [2] Outside of harvest-time, unemployed agricultural workers may have raised the number. [4]
Irish War of Independence: 2006 Ireland United Kingdom Germany Italy Spain France Switzerland The Wind That Shakes the Barley: Ken Loach: Drama, War. Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War. 2014 Ireland A Nightingale Falling: Garret Daly Martina McGlynn Drama, History, War. Based on a novel A Nightingale Falling. Irish War of Independence ...
In this commentary piece, William Lambers reflects on the Irish potato famine of the 1840s and urges steps be taken to prevent future famines
An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine, Kilrush Poor Law Union The legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, litt: The Bad Life) followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 50 percent.
Arracht (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaɾˠəxt̪ˠ]; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. [1] It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [2]
A Death-Dealing Famine. The Great Hunger in Ireland (London: Pluto Press, 1997) The Famine in Ulster (joint editor with Trevor Parkhill and contributor, Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 1997 and 2014) This Great Calamity. The Irish Famine 1845-52 (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1994; Colorado: Roberts Reinhart, 1995) Making Sense of Irish ...