The Irish Famine: A Documentary - Paperback

by Diarmaid Ferriter (Author), Colm Tb匤 (Author)

A superbly pithy account of the controversies surrounding the failure of Ireland's potato crop from 1845-1848.

Author Biography

Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History at University College, Dublin. He is the author of the acclaimed and best-selling Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000. Colm Tb匤 is the author of four novels (The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker) and also a book about Catholic Europe.