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GUEST,The Burren Ranger Lyr Req: songs about the Irish Potato Famine (46) RE: Irish Potato Famine 17 Oct 03

There was no 'Famine' in Ireland. There was a 'Great Hunger '(Black '47 and '48) which reduced the population from 8 to 4 million. The tenants (with only the potato to live on) harvested the food which had to delivered to their English landlords...to poach a fish in the "Queen's Rivers, or steal a loaf of bread to feed a starving child meant banishment to Australia or van Dieman's Land. The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham Smith is one excellent account of this tragic event in Irish History.
TBR

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