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
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…