The Great Irish Famine

By Cathal Póirtéir

Book Overview

This is the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine, and will prove of lasting interest to the general reader. Leading historians, economists and geographers - from Ireland, Britain and the United States - have assembled the most up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including medicine, folklore and literature, to give the fullest account yet of the background and consequences of the Famine. Contributors include Dr Kevin Whelan, Professor Mary Daly, Professor James Donnelly and Professor Cormac Gr da. The Great Irish Famine was the first major series of essays on the Famine published in Ireland for almost fifty years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856351114
• ISBN13: 9781856351119
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"