The Great Famine: Ireland’s agony, 1845–1852 Ciarán Ó Murchadha (Continuum, €16) ISBN 9781847252173

On 15 June 1843, huge crowds congregated on a racecourse outside Ennis at a ‘monster meeting’ in support of the repeal of the Act of Union. Adhering to a template, the mass rally of rousing speeches was followed by a magnificent evening banquet in the town’s old chapel, where Daniel O’Connell compared the momentum of ... Read more

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