The Great Hunger and This Great Calamity are both excellent books exploring the Irish famine. My mother, from Co. Wicklow, has many stories passed down to her of the hardship and suffering that was experienced during this time. One of the stories passed down to me was about how eerily quiet the countryside became because people were catching and eating all the birds in order to survive. Birdsong disappeared. Of course, this was one, of many horrific events endured by the Irish for centuries during the occupation by the English.
The Great Hunger and This Great Calamity are both excellent books exploring the Irish famine. My mother, from Co. Wicklow, has many stories passed down to her of the hardship and suffering that was experienced during this time. One of the stories passed down to me was about how eerily quiet the countryside became because people were catching and eating all the birds in order to survive. Birdsong disappeared. Of course, this was one, of many horrific events endured by the Irish for centuries during the occupation by the English.
As is The Famine Plot, Tim Pat Coogan
Tim Pat Coogan is a great author.