Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best known historian and the author of numerous important works on Irish history, including Michael Collins and The IRA, published to wide acclaim. The former editor of The Irish Press, he lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Chronology of the Famine | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Setting the Scene | p. 9 |
Born to Filth | p. 19 |
A Million Deaths of No Use | p. 31 |
Five Actors and the Orchards of Hell | p. 43 |
Meal Use | p. 65 |
Evictions | p. 87 |
The Work Schemes | p. 101 |
The Workhouse | p. 117 |
Soup and Souperism | p. 137 |
The Poor Law Cometh | p. 163 |
Landlords Targeted | p. 179 |
Emigration: Escape by Coffin Ship | p. 189 |
The Propaganda of Famine | p. 213 |
Epilogue | p. 233 |
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