William J. Matthews, Ph.D., “The Irish Famine (An Gorta Mor) 1845-1849”
William J. Matthews, Ph.D., “The Irish Famine (An Gorta Mor) 1845-1849”
The great Irish famine was a horrific period in Irish history of incredible calamity, suffering, and death. The proximal cause of this disaster was the Irish dependence on the potato crop and, of course, the subsequent blight. However, the ensuing disaster caused by the loss of the potato crop was exacerbated by political, economic, and