#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner.

12/11/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

“SIR– On Friday last, the day for distributing a scanty ration, a large body of those who have been looked upon as “able-bodied,” but who are now in reality infirm from hunger, assembled around the issue-shop, in the vain hope that a few “crumbs” might remain for them. Their hope was vain. Even some of […]

#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner.

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#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner on The Great Hunger.

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#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner on The Great Hunger.

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#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner on The Great Hunger.

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#OTD in 1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner on The Great Hunger.

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1847 – Letter published in the Cork Examiner on The Great Hunger.

12/11/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

1847 – In an irate letter published in the Cork Examiner, “A.D.F.” condemns the proselytising (soul-jobbing) of starving Catholics.

24/10/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

“I just now want to draw public attention to a disgraceful practice that was carried on during the period of awful distress, when nothing should sway people from relieving the destitute, the practice of proselytising, a new accompaniment of famine. The duties that devolved on the priest were indeed laborious, inasmuch as they had to […]

An Gorta Mór/Diaspóra na nGael

22/10/2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

The potato is a tuberous vegetable that is native to the Andes of South America. Following the Spanish exploration and exploitation of the South American Indians, the potato was introduced to Europe where it had a profound, beneficial effect on diets of Europeans from Ireland well into Russia. It grew well all over Western Europe […]

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