Black '47
Subtitle: Britain and the Famine Irish
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780312176624
Subjects: Great Britain - History - 19th Century; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; Europe - Ireland; History / Great Britain; 19th century; Emigration And Immigration; Famines; Great Britain; Ireland; Irish
Description: The appearance of the potato blight in Ireland in August 1845 was the beginning of a nightmare during which an estimated one million died. Over the period 1845-51, hundreds of thousands left Ireland, principally for North America and Britain. Neal examines the experiences of those Famine Irish who sought refuge in Britain during 1847, the worst year of the Famine, and the relief operations launched in the host towns.

Black '47 reconstructs the horrors experienced in the major areas of Irish settlement in Britain. It provides the first ever estimates of casualties and costs, and also rescues from anonymity both victims and heroes.