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Black '47

Britain and the Famine Irish

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Frank Neal

    1. European Studies Research Institute, The University of Salford, Salford, England

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Urban Environment and Pre-famine Irish Settlements

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 13-46

  4. Escape

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 47-88

  5. Arrival

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 89-122

  6. Liverpool and the Irish Fever

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 123-156

  7. Glasgow, South Wales and the Irish Fever

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 157-176

  8. Survival and Dispersal

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 177-216

  9. Removal

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 217-238

  10. The Cost of the Famine Immigration

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 239-276

  11. Postscript

    • Frank Neal
    Pages 277-281

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 282-292
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The Irish Famine of 1845-49 was a major modern catastrophe. The return of the potato blight in 1846 triggered a huge exodus of destitute Irish seeking refuge in British towns and 1847 witnessed an unprecedented inflow of Irish refugees into Britain. This book examines the scale of that refugee immigration, the conditions under which the refugees were carried to Britain, the relief operations mounted, the horrors of the typhus epidemic in Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, South Wales and the North-East, and the financial cost to the British ratepayers.

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  • European Studies Research Institute, The University of Salford, Salford, England

    Frank Neal

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