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RMM74E9T–The Irish Potato Famine. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, dated December 22nd 1849, showing a starving woman and her children during the Great Famine in Ireland, which started in 1845. The picture depicts a woman named Bridget O'Donnel.
RMD9627X–Irish Potato Famine: Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. The potato crop which, provided the staple food for the Irish peasantry, was destroyed by Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), the cause of the famine in which one million died of starvation and another 2.5 million were forced to emitrate. From 'The Illustrated London News', June 1842. Wood engraving.
RMRJH11A–A cartoon commenting on the Irish Potato Famine. England, epitomised by John Bull, taking bread to the starving Irish peasants. The potatoes on which the Irish country people depended, had been destroyed by potato blight (Phytophthora Infestans), a fungal infection spread by aphids. The infection remained in the soil which meant the staple diet could not be grown. Dated 19th century
RMB70XRA–Irish family harrowing rocky soil on a mountain farm in County Mayo 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMRJAXGB–A cartoon commenting on the Irish Potato Famine. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century
RM2BF61PA–THE COLLIER LADS LAMENT - A broadsheet / song-sheet from the 1840's , a time of hunger, unemployment, poverty and general distress amongst the poorer members of society, especially following the abolition of Britain’s Corn Laws in Britain in 1846 and the Irish potato famine. Published by William Pratt of 82, Digbeth, Birmingham, England - The 'Cheapest Song Warehouse in England'
RM2HP0H4G–A 19th Century illustration of Irish immigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh) in County Cork for America during the Great Famine, aka the Famine or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852; the most severely affected areas being in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant. During the famine about 1 million people died and more than a million fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20–25%.
RMEF460N–One of the Boston Irish Potato Famine Memorial Sculptures, Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
RMW60B9X–Ejectment of Irish peasants: a print from 'The Illustrated London News', 1848. The Irish Potato Famine: Irish peasant families were evicted as they were unable to pay their rent because of the failure of the potato crop due to Potato Blight. The Great Famine, Great Hunger or Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1849.
RMAAYAMM–Wales national famine memorial in cardiff to those who died in the irish potato famine 1845 1849 plaque
RMBW6480–The Eviction of Irish Peasant Tenants by Landlord circa 1848 during the Irish Potato Famine; Black and White Illustration;
RMC5WYTG–IRISH POTATO FAMINE Engraving by James Mahoney commissioned by the Illustrated London News and published in 1847
RMHHEC49–Father Mathew (Theobald Mathew 1790-1856) comforting a starving family during the Irish potato famine of the 1840's. Father Mathew worked unceasingly to relieve the suffering during this time.
RMFF9K6W–IRISH POTATO FAMINE, 1846. /n'Justice to Ireland.' An 1846 cartoon, by John Leech from 'Punch', critical of the Irish Arms (or Coercion) Bill brought in by the Peel Ministry owing to the distressed state of Ireland because of the failure of the potato cro
RMD9629W–Potato Famine: Irish peasant girl guarding the family's last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From 'The Illustrated London News', April 1886 Wood engraving
RMDC2DDM–Deserted Village Slievemore Abandoned after Potato Famine in 1850s Achill Island County Mayo Eire Republic of Ireland
RMR848XG–Ireland,Connemara Heritage Centre, restored prefamine cottage of Dan O' Hara who was forced to emigrate in the 1840's when he was evicted from his hom
RFE0RR6J–Ireland landscape, Doolough lake and valley, Connemar, County Mayo, Ireland - site of the tragedy in the Irish Potato Famine
RMAWR3R6–Evictions of Irish Tenantry The Ejectment 1848 engraving of an Irish peasant family evicted from their cottage
RMP09PDT–Irish famine burial site with commemorative plaques at abbeystrewry cemetery skibbereen, Ireland.
RMACR6HP–Potato late blight Phytophthora infestans external symptoms and section through potato tuber
RMB6M14W–Famine sculptures by Rowan Gillespie, commemorating the victims of the Irish potato famine, on Custom House Quay, Dublin.
RMM74E9R–The Irish Potato Famine. Engraving entitled Emigrants leaving Ireland by Henry Doyle from An Illustrated History of Ireland by Mary Frances Cusack, 1868.
RMBEKPTF–Panoramic image of the Irish Famine Memorial by sculptor Rowan Gillespie in Dublin, Ireland at night
RMBCR95J–IRISH POTATO FAMINE 1845 - 1849 - a starving Irish family outside their turf-roofed cottage
RMFF74EG–POTATO FAMINE. /nInterior of a peasant's hut during the Great Potato Famine of 1846-47 in Ireland. Colored engraving, 19th century.
RMD9629N–Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due toPotato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), evicted from their tumbledown cottage. From 'The Illustrated London News' December 1848. Wood engraving
RMB50MNJ–Irishmen carrying home seed potatoes from England to replant crops 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMGFW7N3–Peasant cottages on the west coast of Ireland in 1835 when policies on corn was beginning to create greater poverty.
RMTXGNTH–Potato Famine: Irish peasant girl guarding the family's last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From 'The Illustrated London News', April 1886 Wood engraving
RMK7DBA1–A deputation of The London & Dublin Corporations pleading with Queen Victoria for action on Irish potato famine, 6 January 1846
RM2CAEYT5–Abbeystrowry Graveyard in Skibbereen, Ireland where 8-10,000 victims of the 1845-1850 Irish potato famine are buried.
RMBXM7TC–The Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay on the River Liffey in Dublin Ireland with One Georges Quay Plaza across the river.
RMGTPTDJ–IRISH POTATO FAMINE Engraving of Bridget O'Donnell from the Illustrated London News 22 December 1849 which accompanied her harrowing story of eviction and deaths.
RMFF9K6X–POTATO FAMINE, 1846. /n'Union Is Strength.' an English cartoon of 1846 showing John Bull (England) offering relief to the victims of the potato famine in Ireland.
RMA8FEWD–Hungry Irish people gathering seaweed for food on the coast of County Clare 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMCTKT9T–ABANDONED IRISH VILLAGE OF TULLIG, Country Clare, Ireland, about 1853, after it was abandoned following the Irish potato famine
RMD96291–Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s. Wood engraving c1890.
RM2AR87H3–IRISH POTATO FAMINE 1846. Food riot in Dungarvan, County Waterford,Ireland. Engraving from The Pictorial Times.
RM2CWBKH5–Engraving depicting a scene onboard an Irish emigrant ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s. The emigrants were so weakened by starvation that epidemics swept through the cramped quarters and the mortality rate was high.
RMRJH11P–An engraving depicting a husband and wife applying for relief during the Irish Potato Famine. Dated 19th century
RMGTPTGX–IRISH FAMINE 'Miss Kennedy distributing clothing' From the Illustrated London News series on 'Condition of Ireland- Illustrations of the new Poor-Law' December 1849
RMRJH11D–An engraving depicting Father Mathew (Theobald Mathew 1790-1856) comforting a starving family during the Irish potato famine of the 1840's. Father Mathew worked unceasingly to relieve the suffering during this time.
RMBCR96X–IRISH FAMINE 1840s British Government at last establishes soup kitchens for the starving peasants
RMMR4RR9–Cartoon commenting on the Irish Potato Famine. England, epitomised by John Bull, taking bread to the starving Irish peasants. The potatoes on which the Irish country people depended, had been destroyed by potato blight (Phytophora Infestans), a fungal infection spread by aphids. The infection remained in the soil which meant the staple diet could not be grown. Dated 19th century
RM2CAEYPG–Abbeystrowry Graveyard in Skibbereen, Ireland where 8-10,000 victims of the 1845-1850 Irish potato famine are buried.
RF2ME4RT3–The 1906 caption reads: “EVICTION IN IRELAND.—The main political struggle during Victoria's reign has been over the question of allowing Ireland to govern herself. Much of the land there is the property of owners who reside in England and know nothing of their tenants. Hence these are sometimes treated with cruel harshness, and the very police who are ordered to evict them, pity and seek to comfort them, as in our illustration.” The Great Famine, also known within Ireland as the Great Hunger or simply the Famine and outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and dis
RMFF7EW5–POTATO FAMINE./nStarving peasants beseiging a workhouse gate in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Potato Famine of 1846-47. Contemporary engraving.
RM2F6RJR3–A scene of an impoverished family during The Great Famine aka the Famine (mostly within Ireland) or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 caused by potato blight which infected potato crops. From 1846, the impact of the blight was exacerbated by the British Whig government's economic policy of laissez-faire capitalism. Longer-term causes include the system of absentee landlordism and single-crop dependence.
RM2M3K2PG–A crowd of men and women wait for relief outside the priest's house at Kilronan, Arran Islands, Ireland. Hunger and destitution were brought on by the potato famine in the mid 19th century and further compounded by the forced evictions of poverty-stricken peasants from their homes and farms. 1886
RM2JM1JGE–The Potato Blight. Museum: The National Folklore Collection, Dublin. Author: Daniel MacDonald.
RM2AR7M19–Memorial to those who died of starvation in the mid-19th century Irish Potato Famine which decimated the population of Ireland by death and emigration
RME3DT3C–IRISH EMIGRATION from Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, engraving in The Illustrated London News, 6 July 1850
RM2CAEYMK–Abbeystrowry Graveyard in Skibbereen, Ireland where 8-10,000 victims of the 1845-1850 Irish potato famine are buried.
RM2HT670C–Keillines, near General Thompson's Property, 1850. Poverty in Ireland during the Potato Famine. Scene '...on the road between Maam and Clifden, in Joyce's County, once famous for the Patagonian stature of the inhabitants, who are now starved down to ordinary dimensions. High up on the mountain, but on the road-side, stands the scalpeen of Keillines. It is near General Thompson's property. Conceive five human beings living in such a hole: the father was out, at work; the mother was getting fuel on the hills, and the children left in the hut could only say they were hungry. Their appearance conf
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