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Illustrations of the Famine in Ireland: Hunger

Irish Art: Book Cover

Ireland Counties Map

The Picts: Early Irish Warriors

Celtic Irish Knight at the time of the Norman Invasion

Itinerant Irish workers en route to England for harvest work, from The Illustrated London News, 1846

Illustrations of the Famine in Ireland: Hunger

Bridget O'Donnell and her family, from The Illustrated London News, 1849.

"Searching for Potatoes" from The Illustrated London News, 1849.

"Sketch in the House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis -- The Widow Connor and Her Dyind Child," from The Illustrated London News, 1850.

"Miss Kennedy distributing clothing at Kilrish," from The Illustrated London News, December 22,1849.

Illustrations of the Famine: Homelessness

An Irish family evicted from their home. From the Illustrated London News, 1848.

An Irish family after eviction. From the Illustrated London News, 1848.

"Kate Kearney's cottage, Gap of Dunloe," from the Illustrated London News.

"Scalp of Brian Connor, Near Kilrush Union-House," from the Illustrated London News.

"Scalpeen of Tim Downs, at Dunmore," from the Illustrated London News, 1849.

"Scalp at Caeurmore," from the Illustrated London News, 1849.

"Judy O'Donnel's Habitation Under the Bridge at Doonbeg," from the Illustrated London News, 1849.

"Keillines, near General Thompson's Property," from the Illustrated London News, 1850.

"The Village of Killard," from the Illustrated London News, 1850.

Fleeing the Famine: Emigration

"Connaught Man." The Illustrated London News

"The Embarkation, Waterloo Docks, Liverpool." The Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850.

An Irish "coffin ship" as depicted in Harper's Weekly.

"Scenes between decks" from The Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850.

"The Affray at the Widow McCormack's House, on Boulagh Common," The Illustrated London News, 1849.

Sign: "No Irish Need Apply" New York City (1916)

Correspondence on the Famine Era

"Letter to the Editor," The Illustrated London News, August 11,1849.

Other Sources (for in-class use only):

"Immigrants." The Goldfinch. Vol. 3 #2. November 1981.
*    Drawing of a Migrant Irish Family

Griffin , W. (1981). A portrait of the Irish in America. New York: Scribner.
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Regional Map
*   Cartoon of Irish Domestics
*   New Orleans Wharf (1850)
*   Irish Stereotypes
*   Anti-Irish Racist Cartoon