QUOTES WITH «POTATO FAMINE»
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potato famine.
Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTATO FAMINE»
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potato famine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Presents the history of Ireland leading up to the famine, key players and happenings during the famine, and the event's effect on society.
2
The Great Irish
Potato Famine
This important book provides a full account of the famine, combining narrative, analysis, historiography, and scores of contemporary illustrations.
3
The Graves Are Walking: The Great
Famine and the Saga of the ...
This is ultimately a story of triumph over perceived destiny: for fifty million Americans of Irish heritage, the saga of a broken people fleeing crushing starvation and remaking themselves in a new land is an inspiring story of revival.
4
The Irish
Potato Famine: Irish Immigrants Come to America, ...
Looks at nineteenth-century life in Ireland and how mass starvation caused by the Irish Potato Famine forced two million people to leave their homes and seek a new life elsewhere.
5
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish
Famine, 1845-1850
Presents the story of the 19th century Irish potato famine, including the causes, and the effects on the people.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2005
6
The great
famine: Ireland's
potato famine, 1845-51
Describes the events and tragic consequences of the potato famine of 1845, and examines the long-term effects on Ireland's social and political structure
7
All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, ...
The story of an infant born at sea highlights the efforts of crewpeople and passengers to secure the survival of Irish citizens fleeing from the potato famine through acts of heroism and human decency.
8
The Irish
Famine: A Documentary
This book opens a door to understanding all sides of this tragedy with an absorbing history that is supported by a collection of key documents.
Colm Toibin, Diarmaid Ferriter, 2004
9
The Great
Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852
An engaging and moving account of this most destructive event in Irish history.
10
The Irish
Potato Famine
Discusses the 19th century Irish potato famine, including the causes and the effects on the people.
Carole S. Gallagher, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTATO FAMINE»
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Opinion: It's time to talk tomatoes, early blight
This is the fungus that set off the potato famine in Ireland in 1845 and sent a flood of immigrants here and to Canada, many of them dying on the ... «Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Jul 15»
Irish Famine: Irish government launches programme in Newry
The annual event commemorates the 19th Century potato famine that devastated the island of Ireland. About 1m people died from starvation ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
This Day in Jewish History / Rothschild becomes first unconverted …
He established a relief fund to help alleviate the Irish potato famine, in 1847; acted as an agent of the Russian government in London; and, ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
Happy 150th Wellington!
A 5ft 4" man largely responsible for starving to death one million Irish in the potato famine. Even so, it could have been worse. More than 200 ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Know Nothings still haunt US politics
... when abortive revolutionary movements in Germany and the potato famine in Ireland sent a wave of immigrants to this country's shores. «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
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... to entertain Rehab's “art,” a Gaelic three-hour song cycle about the 1845 Irish potato famine “An Gorta Mor” (“Clouds of death are in the sky… «Monsters and Critics.com, Jul 15»
Over the Garden Fence | Potato had long journey to become staple …
We'll take a trip with the students to Ireland to study the potato famine and its ultimate influence on the history of Ireland and our own nation. «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
Worm pheromones trigger plant defenses, study finds
Pretreatment with ascaroside #18 enhances resistance of potato to Phytophthora infestans, the cause of the Great Irish Potato Famine of the ... «Cornell Chronicle, Jul 15»
'Clean Rockin' Daddy'
... chat with Rehab about the 29-track song cycle he has written about the Irish potato famine (with its opening tune “Bloody English Whores”). «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
Can urban agriculture work in Santa Fe?
Just look to the Irish potato famine, which began in 1845, lasted a half-dozen years, and caused the deaths of a million people and the ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
