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Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852

LC control no.sh 95010073
LC classificationDA950.7 History
Geographic headingIreland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
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Variant(s)Great Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
Great Irish Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
Great Potato Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
Irish Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
Irish Potato Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
Potato Famine, Ireland, 1845-1852
See alsoFamines--Ireland
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Found inWork cat.: The Irish famine, 1994.
Nardo, D. The Irish potato famine, 1990.
Kinealy, C. This great calamity: the Irish famine, 1845-1852, 1994: p. xv (external relief was provided to Ireland 1845-51)
Hollett, D. Passage to the New World : packet ships and Irish famine emigrants, 1845-51, 1995.
Britannica Micro., 15th: v. 5, p. 425 (Irish famine; assoc. with failure of Irish potato crop, 1845-46; led to 500,000 deaths and emigration of some 1,000,000 people)
Camb. pbk. encyc., 1994: Irish famine (widespread starvation of Irish peasantry followed the effects of potato blight in 1845-7; the pop. of Ireland fell by almost 25% bet. 1845 and 1851)