Does anyone have info. on how much food was sent to the Irish people from the USA in the famine that they didn't GET? Roland

The Fields of Athenry By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling "Michael, they have taken you away, For you stole Trevelyan's corn, So the young might see the morn. Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay." Chorus: Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small free birds fly Our love was on the wing We had dreams and songs to sing It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry. By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling "Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down. Now you must raise our child with dignity." By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fall As the prison ship sailed out against the sky For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry. "The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine (1845-1850) about a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family. http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/Charles_Edward_Trevelyan http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm. http://www.irelandforvisitors.com/articles/black_47.htm Hi Roland - Suggested reading above, and you can "google" for more in hopes of answering your query. There are some reference books listed, too, to further study the rationale for actions/inactions of Charles E. TREVELYAN and others during the Great Famine in Ireland. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland Young" <skepglen@yor.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 10:37 AM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Ireland > Does anyone have info. on how much food was sent to the Irish people from > the USA in the famine that they didn't GET? > Roland