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Below are transcripts of original documents from The Illustrated London News which were written during the era of the Great Famine:

The Galway starvation riots. (1842, June 25). The Illustrated London News.

Ireland and the Irish: Irish poverty. (1843, August 12). The Illustrated London News.

Ireland and the Irish: old beggar man. (1843, October 7). The Illustrated London News.

The potato disease. (1845, October 18). The Illustrated London News.

Indian corn in Cork. (1846, April 4). The Illustrated London News.

The late food riots in Dublin. (1846, November 7). The Illustrated London News.

Famine and starvation in the County of Cork. (1847, January 16). The Illustrated London News.

Mortality in Skibberdeen. (1847, January 30). The Illustrated London News.

Sketches in the west of Ireland. (1847, February 13). The Illustrated London News.

Sketches in the west of Ireland. (1847, February 20). The Illustrated London News.

Soup store at Cork. (1847, March 13). The Illustrated London News.

The tide of immigration to the United States and to the British colonies. (1847, September 17). The Illustrated London News.

Sketches in Ireland: Thurles. (1848, August 26). The Illustrated London News.

Sketches in Ireland. (1848, September 2). The Illustrated London News.

Evictions of peasantry in Ireland. (1848, December 16). The Illustrated London News.

State of Ireland: emigration. (1849, August 11). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1849, December 15). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1849, December 22). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1849, December 29). The Illustrated London News.

Evictions: 1850. (1850). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1850, January 19). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1850, January 26). The Illustrated London News.

Condition of Ireland: illustrations of the new poor-law. (1850, February 9). The Illustrated London News.

The tide of immigration to the United States and to the British colonies. (1850, July 6). The Illustrated London News.

The depopulation of Ireland. (1851, May 10). The Illustrated London News.

The dawn of a brighter day. (1852, November 27). The Illustrated London News.

Sketches of Irish life. (1857, January 24). The Illustrated London News.

The Irish cow-doctor. (1857, February 21). The Illustrated London News.

The previous documents were found at:

An Gora Mor: the Great Irish Famine, (2001, February 3), University of Wales, Swansea History Department web site. Retrieved December 1, 2001 from World Wide Web: http://www.swan.ac.uk/history/teaching/teaching resources/An Gorta Mor/newspapers/illustrated london news

Taylor, S. (Unknown), Views of the famine: Vassar College web site. Retrieved December 1, 2001 from World Wide Web: http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE