The Irish Potato Famine (Irish History, #2)

The Irish Potato Famine: An Gorta Mór is a gripping exploration of the Great Famine of Ireland, also known as the Irish Great Hunger. Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland was devastated by potato blight (Phytophthora infestans), a catastrophe that claimed over a million lives and forced millions into mass emigration, reshaping the Irish diaspora across Britain, America, Canada, and Australia.

Yet this was far more than a failure of crops. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century Ireland under Brit...