The Other Famine: The 1822 Crisis in County Leitrim by Gerard Macatasney

The Other Famine: The 1822 Crisis in County Leitrim

Gerard Macatasney

284 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced

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In the summer of 1822 a bad potato crop and limited employment opportunities created famine conditions in the west and south-west of Ireland. The Other Famine is the first book to examine these events, and specifically their implications for Count...

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