The great shame : a story of the Irish in the Old World and the New / Thomas Keneally.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Vintage, 1999.Description: xii, 732 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0749-38604-5
- Political prisoners -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Political prisoners -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Irish -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Prisoners -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
- Irish -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 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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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.