The Famine


The Famine in Co. Down, Ireland 1845-1850 - Ros Davies' Site Books to read: Woodham-Smith, C. (1962). The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-l849. NY: Harper and Row, Publishers. 338.1 Donnelly, J.S. (2001). The Great Irish Potato Famine. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing, Ltd. 941.508 "The Irish Diaspora" by J.J. Lee, UCC and New York University, in " Nineteenth-Century Ireland, A Guide to Recent Research" edited by Laurence M. Geary and Margaret Kelleher ISBN 1-904558-28-3 UCD Press	According to Vaughn and Fitzpatrick's book, "Irish Historical Statistics" (Royal Irish Academy), the first English census to distinguish Irish-born from native-born English was 1841. It showed more than 419,000 Irish-born living in England, and the 1851 census showed more than 727,000. They estimate that, allowing for deaths and emigration, 500,000 Irish entered England between 1841-1851 and stayed at least long enough to be counted in the censuses.

The Irish Famine set to 'The Pogues' - Thousands are Sailing	Ireland, Famine & Emigration

The Great Famine in Ireland, 1845-1849	Ronnie Drew - The Dunes (reference to Co. Mayo)

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