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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2020.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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The Gigantic Irish Deer

02/03/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

The Gigantic Irish Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The animal was never exclusively Irish – nor, for that matter, was it an elk – but Ireland was the […]

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A depiction of an Irish eviction by Gerardine Cooper | Sidney Osborne 1849. “The word is now given by the Agent to his destructives. If the people will not come out of the dwellings they are dragged out, with them, the bed, kettle, old wheel, tub, and one or two stools, with perhaps an old chest. Few cabins have anything to add to this list of furniture. The tenants are ejected; the living and dead stock being alike out in the road.”Taken from the book The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, 72 paintings, 472 eyewitness quotes: www.jerrymulvihill.com
Ireland 1847 | "The Government’s programme of public works proved to be a tragic error, especially in the bitter winters of 1846–47 and 1847–48. Workers were, by law, paid on piece-work, and bad weather reduced their income further. Piece-work also penalised the weak, the elderly, and the undernourished who were not able to labour effectively. Workers were poorly clothed and their health suffered from exposure. Besides, they were too badly fed to do heavy work, and many died of malnutrition. " From The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, 100 images, 472 eyewitness accounts. Signed copies only at www.jerrymulvihill.com
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An old soup kitchen in Skibbereen, Cork. In 1847, with the world’s eyes now watching, the government made money available for loans to establish soup kitchens which fed 3 million people. This showed that Britain had the means and the power to exercise successful relief in Ireland, but the soup kitchens closed after 3 months. After the closure of the soup kitchens the government stopped all relief to the starving in Ireland. The new plan, The Poor Law rate, was a tax on property to fund relief in Ireland and had to be collected before any further money would be made available by the Treasury. The collection of these taxes in a period of extreme hardship was predictably accompanied by widespread unrest and violence. Some 16,000 extra British troops were sent to Ireland and troubled parts of the country were put under martial law. Nearly 500,000 people died in 1847 alone. Taken from The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, 100 images, 472 eye witness quotes: www.jerrymulvihill.com
Ireland 1849 | Sidney Osborne, “Roofless gables meet your eye on every side; one ceases to wonder why the workhouses are so full, when there is this evidence of the fact that no other home is left to so many thousands.” From 'The Truth Behind The Irish Famine'. 72 paintings and 472 eyewitness quotes. www.jerrymulvihill.com

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