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The Death Census of Black '47: Eyewitness Accounts of Ireland's Great Famine

The Death Census of Black '47: Eyewitness Accounts of Ireland's Great Famine

Darwen, Lewis
Kennedy, Liam
Macraild, Donald M.

Hardcover

Series: Anthem Irish Studies, Book 1

General World HistoryIrish HistoryPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1839984317
ISBN13: 9781839984310
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: Jan 10 2023
Pages: 330
Weight: 1.28
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Focuses on the history and provides an understanding as it was experienced on the ground of the Great Irish Famine, particularly at the level of the rural poor.

The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. More than a million others fled the stricken land between 1845 and 1851. This catastrophe ranks among the worst famines to afflict pre-industrial societies, and it retains an important place in the psyche of the Irish people and the Irish diaspora to this day. In recent decades, its history has become the focus of considerable scholarly and popular attention. In particular, a tremendous amount of work has been undertaken on mortality, emigration, relief efforts and the wider political, social and psychological consequences of the calamity. Yet much remains to be retrieved and reconstructed, particularly at the level of the rural poor. This book intends to fill that gap. Astonishingly, there is a large volume of reports on social conditions in the Irish localities, emanating from within those localities, that has never been used systematically by historians. It bears the compelling title of the 'Death Census'. Most historians are simply unaware of its existence. The outstanding feature of the Death Census is that it was authored by local clergymen who lived among the people they served, and were intimately involved with their lives.

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