Download This PaperFamine in Ireland, 1300-1900
35 Pages Posted: 22 May 2015
Date Written: May 20, 2015
Abstract
This paper describes the history of famine in Ireland between c. 1300 and c. 1900. Inevitably, most of its focus is on the two ‘great’ famines of the early 1740s and 1846-52.
Keywords: famine, Ireland, economic history
JEL Classification: N, N5, O1
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O'Grada, Cormac, Famine in Ireland, 1300-1900 (May 20, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2608675 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2608675
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