Title: County Limerick in Crisis 1845-49
Description: A vibrant account of a county veering from distress to catastrophe. Drawing on contemporary printed and primary sources, Irish and English texts, this book richly establishes the complicated social, cultural and political background to the years of the Great Hunger. Numerous eye-witness accounts are cited, providing evocative and chilling insights into a society driven into the abyss. -- Publisher description
Subjects: Famines, Ireland, history, famine, 1845-1852, History