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.
0749-38604-5
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
941.508
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.
0749-38604-5
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
941.508