More than a million Irish preished, and another million and a half emigrated to America during the mid-19th century due to the potato blight.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Sounding the alarm -- History of warfare -- Irish question -- Peel's brimstone and public works -- Deepening disaster -- Soup kitchens and tumbled cabins -- Leaving Ireland -- Silence in the land -- After the great hunger.