The great shame : a story of the Irish in the Old World and the New /

Keneally, Thomas

The great shame : a story of the Irish in the Old World and the New / Thomas Keneally. - London : Vintage, 1999. - xii, 732 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-[697]) and index.

In the 19th century the Irish population was halved. This text traces the three causes of this depletion: firstly, the famine; secondly the Irish diaspora and the emigrations to places such as America and Canada; and thirdly the transportations of political activists to Australia.

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Political prisoners--History--Ireland--19th century
Political prisoners--History--Australia--19th century
Irish--History--United States--19th century
Prisoners--History--Ireland--19th century
Irish--History--Australia--19th century
Famines--History--Ireland--19th century
Prisoners--History--19th century


Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century
Ireland--History--19th century

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