The Great Irish Potato Famine began in 1845 and due to further potato blights and poor growing weather lasted until 1852. It had a catastrophic and long lasting effect on the Irish population. Over 1 million people died and 1 million people were…
Souvenir Photograph Album Presented to Muriel MacSwiney by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier's Convent, Providence , Rhode Island, USA, in memory of her visit 18 December 1920