Paddy’s Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred
Thomas Gallagher
368 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0156707004
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Language: English
Publish: May 13, 1987
European HistoryHistoricalHistoryIrelandIrish LiteratureNonfictionPoliticsSchoolWorld History
Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened.