The Hidden Famine: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast 1840-50

by Gerard MacAtasney and Christine Kinealy

Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland was devastated by the 'Great Hunger' - the most severe famine in modern European history. The view widely held by historians is that the impact of the Famine on the northern province of Ulster, in particular the largely Protestant city of Belfast, was minimal. In the first book on the Famine to focus specifically on Belfast, Christine Kinealy, one of Ireland's leading historians of the period, and Gerard MacAtasney,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074531371X
• ISBN13: 9780745313719
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"