The Great Shame by Kinneally is also a great book. It tells of the travails of the Irish and the British using their power to put the Irish People in the position of complete servidtude and an almost slavery place. Judy Christopher On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Margaret Malloy <vdamore@frontiernet.net>wrote: > > Barb, > > The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith goes into > that in some detail. It also covers the political situation in England > before and during the starvation. One of the things that really struck > me was that the rural Irish had been so beaten down and abused that by > the time the potato blight struck they really didn't understand the > concept of currency so when they were given cash relief they were > easily swindled by con men who would offer them a nice big penny for > that little tiny six-pence. > > The Great Hunger wasn't an accident. > Margaret > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Judy Christopher