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The Great Hunger Ireland 1845-1849 Harper, Cecil Woodham-Smith
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Great Hunger : Ireland, 1845-1849 (1962). 5) Speaking of the Famine – “An Gorta Mor” (or “The Great Hunger”): During the worst years of the famine, 1845-1849, 25% of Ireland's population died or were sent by ship to the US and Canada. Joseph's grandparents came to America in the mid 1840′s to flee the Irish famine Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849). Check out The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845 – 1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith. In her 1962 book, The Great Irish Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849, Cecil Woodham-Smith writes explicitly about the dire poverty that existed in Ireland several years before the great famine. Purchase When Ireland Fell Silent at. When Ireland Fell Silent: A Story of a Family ;s Struggle Against Famine and Eviction (Paperback) tagged as " famine ". The arrival of the month of June indicated the start of the hungry or meal months in rural Ireland as old potatoes were not dug until August. Mike has been kind enough to respond to my plaintive cry for help with the Irish Gaelic "shule aroon," "shule agra" and "thu Mavourneen slaun," and I'll post it here, so anyone interested enough in this song and this The Irish Potato Famine launched a mass diaspora from the island from 1845 to 1849; the seminal history is Cecil Woodham-Smith's "The Great Hunger," a chronicle not for the squeamish. In 1851 the famine was declared officially over. In the end it is believed that 1,000,000 souls died. My family came to America from Ireland in the early 1900′s so you'd think I'd have some firsthand tales to tell about the Great Hunger. For further reading consider The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith. She wrote “The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849,” a history of the Great Irish Famine that was critical of the British government's handling of the famine. People simply had nothing to eat or at best could manage a meal of porridge.