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print / An Gorta Mór, 1847
Four pencil sketches illustrating An Gorta Mór, The Famine, 1847. (A) A Village Street. (B) Gathering outside a Demesne Entrance. (C) A roadside cottage and children playing see-saw. (D) Two figures, one sitting and one leaning against roadside bank. Presented by Rev. Daniel Lucey.
print / An Gorta Mór, 1847
Four pencil sketches illustrating An Gorta Mór, The Famine, 1847. (A) A Village Street. (B) Gathering outside a Demesne Entrance. (C) A roadside cottage and children playing see-saw. (D) Two figures, one sitting and one leaning against roadside bank. Presented by Rev. Daniel Lucey.
print / An Gorta Mór, 1847
Four pencil sketches illustrating An Gorta Mór, The Famine, 1847. (A) A Village Street. (B) Gathering outside a Demesne Entrance. (C) A roadside cottage and children playing see-saw. (D) Two figures, one sitting and one leaning against roadside bank. Presented by Rev. Daniel Lucey.
print / An Gorta Mór, 1847
Four pencil sketches illustrating An Gorta Mór, The Famine, 1847. (A) A Village Street. (B) Gathering outside a Demesne Entrance. (C) A roadside cottage and children playing see-saw. (D) Two figures, one sitting and one leaning against roadside bank. Presented by Rev. Daniel Lucey.
ticket / Portlaw Relief District, 1846
Paper token or ticket, issued by the Portlaw Relief District stating that it is recommended that a Mr White, as a fit and deserving person, should receive three units of Indian meal, at six pence per stone(?). Numbered 153, initialed 'T.F.'. Signed, signature unclear, possibly W. Coleman. Portlaw...resource / The Famine
The Famine, 1845-1848. Photocopies of adrem pages ex 'Mo Scéal Féin' and from C.T. Ó Céirín's English translation.
resource / Famine Relief, 1847
Famine Relief, 1847. Photocopy of printed circular of 20 January 1847 from the Commissariat Relief Office in Dublin Castle to the Committees throughout Ireland.
framed painting / An Gorta, 1847
A large framed painting of the Irish Famine in 1847 by Maurice MacGonigle (1900 - 1979), a modern Irish painter. The painting is modernist, with vibrant colours and a graphic style depicting a woman in the centre holding a baby, stone walls all leading to her and many people all around working in...