Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration
by
Robert Scally
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 1995
Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the worst year of the famine, is notorious, but the...