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The Great Famine: Resources on the Web
The Great Famine ravaged the Irish potato crop in the 1840s, forcing mass starvation and disease. At least a million Irish fled their homeland and made a perilous crossing of the Atlantic, often in vessels described as "coffin ships." Society in both Ireland and America would be changed forever.
The Great Hunger Archive
Quinnipiac University hosts a comprehensive collection of resources and links related to the Great Hunger, or as it was known in Irish, An Gorta Mor.
BBC History Site on the Irish Famine
The BBC hosts a relatively comprehensive site detailing the Great Famine, its root causes and its longterm impact.
A Guide to the Ennistymon Union: A Local Look at the Great Famine
The County Clare Library hosts some fascinating material related to a local relief operation in the workhouse at Ennistymon. The town, in west Clare, was impoverished before the Great Famine, and was nearly devastated by the combination of starvation and disease.