The Famine hit Cork as hard as anywhere in Ireland. This book stays inside the county to tell what happened: the blight in the fields, the workhouse pushed past breaking, the grain and cattle that kept leaving the ports while people starved. You will stand in Skibbereen with the relief doctors, follow Frederick Douglass through Cork in 1845, and visit the mass graves at Carr's Hill. Twelve chapters carry the story to its long aftermath and the city today. A hard history, told with care. Illustrated, with a guide to the Famine sites. Digital download (PDF).
The Famine hit Cork as hard as anywhere in Ireland. This book stays inside the county to tell what happened: the blight in the fields, the workhouse pushed past breaking, the grain and cattle that kept leaving the ports while people starved. You will stand in Skibbereen with the relief doctors, follow Frederick Douglass through Cork in 1845, and visit the mass graves at Carr's Hill. Twelve chapters carry the story to its long aftermath and the city today. A hard history, told with care. Illustrated, with a guide to the Famine sites. Digital download (PDF).
