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    1. [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] The Famine
    2. O'Brien, David
    3. I think I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was reading John Kelly's "The Graves Are Walking" about the Great Famine. I finished it yesterday. I thought it was excellent, but it's not easy to read. The suffering he describes is unimaginable, and the British insistence on a free market solution is criminal. Both Troy and Albany are mentioned. I'm researching my gg grandparents, Edward Hooley and Bridget Canfield who arrived in Green Island in Black 47. I feel I know them better from having read this book. Best, David

    10/15/2012 06:24:52