It was estimated that more than 400 people died at Doolough
Famine imminent
Great cruelty during Famine
A writer from the Illustrated London News describes what he sees in Clonakilty
It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent.
An inquest into the death of Denis McKennedy, a labourer working on a relief scheme at Caheragh near Skibbereen, found that he had ‘died of starvation due to the gross negligence of the Board of Works” He had been owed three weeks wages when he died at the side of the Road and the results […]
Millions either died or emigrated as a result of the catastrophic failures of the authorities
It was estimated that more than 400 people died at Doolough
Sa bhliain 1844, tháinig aicíd nua ar na prátaí i Meiriceá Thuaidh. An aicíd dhubh a bhí ann. Níorbh fhada gur shroich sí an tír seo. I mí Mheán Fómhair na bliana 1845 tugadh faoi dheara í den chéad uair, i bPort Láirge agus i Loch Garman. Mí ina dhiaidh sin bhí sí tar éis […]
Great cruelty during Famine
A writer from the Illustrated London News describes what he sees in Clonakilty
The London Illustrated News published a drawing from an eviction on the island of Inis Bo Finne, 7 miles of the Galway Coast. It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent. “The extreme wretchedness of the peasantry dwelling on the rocky islets […]