#irishfamine — Public Fediverse posts

@thomas_michl

I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

@thomas_michl

I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

"Padraic Scanlan’s Rot: A History of the #IrishFamine doesn’t seek to overturn this consensus but Scanlan’s central claim is in some ways an echo of Mitchel’s: although #Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, it was, he writes, ‘imagined, governed and exploited in strikingly colonial ways ... The famine – a complex ecological, economic, logistical and political disaster – was a consequence of colonialism.’ "

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/niamh-gallagher/carrion-and-earth

#GreatFamine #IrishHistory #colonialism #books @bookstodon

#TIL: "In 1847, the #Choctaw nation of Oklahoma made a donation of $170 to help people suffering thousands of kilometres away in the #IrishFamine. The gift would be worth tens of thousands of dollars in modern terms. (...) The Choctaw's heartfelt donation was sent to Midleton in County Cork, #Ireland, providing much-needed relief." #History #NativeAmerican https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3zvq3vz8o

#TIL: "In 1847, the #Choctaw nation of Oklahoma made a donation of $170 to help people suffering thousands of kilometres away in the #IrishFamine. The gift would be worth tens of thousands of dollars in modern terms. (...) The Choctaw's heartfelt donation was sent to Midleton in County Cork, #Ireland, providing much-needed relief." #History #NativeAmerican https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3zvq3vz8o

@Geri
Seems the shock of the ten or thirty or sixty deaths of Palestinian children, women, old people and innocent people every day from Israel's genocide in Gaza is meant to count for nothing according to the cops and British government.

Starmer's gov is complicit in mass murder. Let's call that out as not "modern British".

#OpiumWars #IrishFamine #Colonialism

@Geri
Seems the shock of the ten or thirty or sixty deaths of Palestinian children, women, old people and innocent people every day from Israel's genocide in Gaza is meant to count for nothing according to the cops and British government.

Starmer's gov is complicit in mass murder. Let's call that out as not "modern British".

#OpiumWars #IrishFamine #Colonialism

#UncivilizedMedia | A History of Forced Starvation, Explained

a #documentary by Tala Kaddoura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBCgLF7890

#film #courtMétrage #Gaza #GazaGenocide #GazaFamine #Palestine #Ireland #GreatFamine #IrishFamine #Namibia #HereroAndNamaGenocide #WarsawGhetto #Holocaust #colonialViolence @film @palestine @israel

"British authorities regarded #Ireland’s misfortunes as evidence of the country’s incurable and willful medievalism [...] But as Scanlan is at pains to point out, the famine was in fact the result of forces within high #capitalism that were entirely modern [...] 'an unintended consequence of the increasing integration of global commerce.' "

Review of Padraic X. Scanlan's Rot: An Imperial History of the #IrishFamine

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/irish-famine-rot-scanlan/

#GreatFamine #books @bookstodon @histodons @ireland

🔴 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 📖 **Rot: A History of the Irish Famine**

Kirkus Reviews

“_Scanlan neatly chronicles the history of England’s ever-growing Protestant financial exploitation over the “uncivilized” Catholic Ireland’s poor and their tenant farms._”

🔗 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/padraic-x-scanlan/rot-2/.

#Read #Nonfiction #History #Ireland #Éire #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #GB #IrishFamine #Colonialism #Book #BookReview #Bookstodon @bookstodon

🔴 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 📖 **Rot: A History of the Irish Famine**

Kirkus Reviews

“_Scanlan neatly chronicles the history of England’s ever-growing Protestant financial exploitation over the “uncivilized” Catholic Ireland’s poor and their tenant farms._”

🔗 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/padraic-x-scanlan/rot-2/.

#Read #Nonfiction #History #Ireland #Éire #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #GB #IrishFamine #Colonialism #Book #BookReview #Bookstodon @bookstodon

#LettersAndPolitics | The #IrishPotatoFamine and its Consequences

guest: Padraic X. Scanlan, author of Rot: An Imperial History of the #IrishFamine

https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-march-19-2025/

#GreatFamine #Ireland #IrishHistory #imperialism #BritishImperialism #colonialViolence #famines #books @histodons @bookstodon @ireland

🍀🤔 Ah yes, the Irish Famine: a delightful cocktail of laissez-faire economics and a dash of imperial neglect—because who needs food when you've got "beliefs" to keep you warm? Thank you, New Yorker, for reminding us that market forces and #apathy make for timeless tragedies. 📉🥔
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/17/rot-padraic-x-scanlan-book-review #IrishFamine #LaissezFaire #EconomicHistory #MarketForces #TimelessTragedy #HackerNews #ngated

🍀🤔 Ah yes, the Irish Famine: a delightful cocktail of laissez-faire economics and a dash of imperial neglect—because who needs food when you've got "beliefs" to keep you warm? Thank you, New Yorker, for reminding us that market forces and #apathy make for timeless tragedies. 📉🥔
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/17/rot-padraic-x-scanlan-book-review #IrishFamine #LaissezFaire #EconomicHistory #MarketForces #TimelessTragedy #HackerNews #ngated

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/17/rot-padraic-x-scanlan-book-review

#HackerNews #IrishFamine #DeadlyHistory #PotatoBlight #IrishHistory #NewYorkerArticle

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/17/rot-padraic-x-scanlan-book-review

#HackerNews #IrishFamine #DeadlyHistory #PotatoBlight #IrishHistory #NewYorkerArticle

An Drochshaol/An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22 December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on 22 December 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnDrochshaol #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine

An Drochshaol/An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22 December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on 22 December 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnDrochshaol #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine

5 countries that HELPED Ireland during the famine, RANKED 🌍🇮🇪

1️⃣ USA 🇺🇸: Over €400,000 in aid!
2️⃣ India 🇮🇳: Nearly €17,000 raised!
3️⃣ Caribbean Nations 🌴: Small nations, big hearts!
4️⃣ Ottoman Empire 🕌: Secretly sent food!
5️⃣ Britain 🇬🇧: Controversial but significant aid! Discover the full story here: 🔗https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/top-5-countries-that-helped-ireland-during-the-famine/

#IrishFamine #History #GlobalSupport #Ireland #FamineAid

5 countries that HELPED Ireland during the famine, RANKED 🌍🇮🇪

1️⃣ USA 🇺🇸: Over €400,000 in aid!
2️⃣ India 🇮🇳: Nearly €17,000 raised!
3️⃣ Caribbean Nations 🌴: Small nations, big hearts!
4️⃣ Ottoman Empire 🕌: Secretly sent food!
5️⃣ Britain 🇬🇧: Controversial but significant aid! Discover the full story here: 🔗https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/top-5-countries-that-helped-ireland-during-the-famine/

#IrishFamine #History #GlobalSupport #Ireland #FamineAid

If you want to go slightly deeper into the irish potato famine, there's this series of short videos:

Part 1: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gAnT21xGdSk
2: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E4Dc0ltgf3I
3: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6DP8INm09nY
4: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=csNlKTRJiS0
5: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iLlNAwyUFBs

#IrishHistory #famine #IrishFamine #potatoes

If you want to go slightly deeper into the irish potato famine, there's this series of short videos:

Part 1: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gAnT21xGdSk
2: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E4Dc0ltgf3I
3: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6DP8INm09nY
4: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=csNlKTRJiS0
5: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iLlNAwyUFBs

#IrishHistory #famine #IrishFamine #potatoes

An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22nd December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine #OnThisDay

An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22nd December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine #OnThisDay

An old photo inspires Declan McSweeney to explore the history of the Irish Famine. Stories of human kindness add nuance to a great tragedy.
#IrishFamine #PotatoFamine
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/history/the-irish-famine-causes-impact-and-legacy/

An old photo inspires Declan McSweeney to explore the history of the Irish Famine. Stories of human kindness add nuance to a great tragedy.
#IrishFamine #PotatoFamine
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/history/the-irish-famine-causes-impact-and-legacy/

@VannaBlack Also, it looks like this 2020 documentary, The Hunger, is about a time within this ~100 year period:

- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13414418/

#thehunger #hunger #famine #irishfamine #potatofamine #landlords #capitalism #feudalism #democracy #evictions #irish #ireland #british #britain

Florence Nightingale in Mike Davis's Late Victorian Holocausts:

.> The more one hears about this famine, the more one feels that such a hideous record of human suffering and destruction the world has never seen before.

.> — Florence Nightingale (1877)

.> The newly constructed railroads, lauded as institutional safeguards against famine, were instead used by merchants to ship grain inventories from outlying drought-stricken districts to central depots for hoarding (as well as protection from rioters). Likewise the telegraph ensured that price hikes were coordinated in a thousand towns at once, regardless of local supply trends.

.> Dissident journalists like William Digby in Madras... and the Bombay Statesman’s representative in the Deccan stirred troubling memories of the Irish famine as well as the #SepoyMutiny. In England, moreover, a group of old Indian hands and Radical reformers, including William Wedderburn, Sir Arthur Cotton, John Bright, Henry Hyndman and Florence Nightingale, kept The Times’s letters column full of complaints about #Calcutta’s callous policies.

.> Obdurate Bombay officials meanwhile continued to outrage Indians and incite charges of a cover-up in the press by refusing to publish any estimate of rural mortality. (Even Florence Nightingale was snubbed when she requested figures in early 1878.)

.> The bubonic plague came to Bombay in summer 1896 probably as a stowaway on a ship from Hong Kong. At the time, some scientists theorized that drought, as previously in southern China, was a critical factor in driving plague-carrying rats into more intimate commensality with human victims.36 Bombay, in any event, offered an ideal ecology for a pandemic: fetid, overcrowded slums (perhaps the densest in Asia) infested with a huge population of black rats. For years health officers had warned #British administrators that their refusal to expend anything on slum sanitation was preparing the way for an “epidemic apocalypse.” Florence Nightingale, in addition, had repeatedly crusaded against the city’s “phantasmagoria” of disease conditions, but the “European townspeople were united in blocking increased taxation to pay for new water and drainage schemes.”

.> The railroad system, meanwhile, consumed (to 1880) thirteen times as much investment as all hydraulic works. As the pro-irrigation lobby led by Sir Arthur Cotton and Florence Nightingale protested during the 1876–77 famine: “Now we have before our eyes the sad and humiliating scene of magnificent Works... that have cost poor India 160 millions, which are so utterly worthless in the respect of the first want of India, that millions are dying by the side of them.” ( #Gandhi, echoing this critique, would later denounce the railroads that “depleted the countryside of its [food] stocks and killed the handicrafts” as an underlying cause of #famine.)

Thanks for mentioning '“The Best Country in the World”: The Surprising Social Mobility of New York’s Irish-Famine Immigrants' in Jo of Interdisciplinary History.
This is an important article https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01869

@bullivant @econhist @migrationresearch @histodons @immigration #IrishFamine #Irish #migration #Immigration #mobility #socialmobility #occupation #inequality #history #economics #sociology #demography #ethnic

Thanks for mentioning '“The Best Country in the World”: The Surprising Social Mobility of New York’s Irish-Famine Immigrants' in Jo of Interdisciplinary History.
This is an important article https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01869

@bullivant @econhist @migrationresearch @histodons @immigration #IrishFamine #Irish #migration #Immigration #mobility #socialmobility #occupation #inequality #history #economics #sociology #demography #ethnic

Interesting:

“The use of a longitudinal database of Famine immigrants who initially settled in New York .. indicates that the Famine Irish had far more occupational mobility than previously recognized. Only 25% of men ended their working careers in low-wage, unskilled labor; 44% ended up in white-collar occupations of one kind or another—primarily running saloons, groceries, and other small businesses.”

https://direct.mit.edu/jinh/article-abstract/53/3/407/114352/The-Best-Country-in-the-World-The-Surprising

Via:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/01/saturday-assorted-links-389.html

#anGortaMór #IrishFamine #NewYork

Interesting:

“The use of a longitudinal database of Famine immigrants who initially settled in New York .. indicates that the Famine Irish had far more occupational mobility than previously recognized. Only 25% of men ended their working careers in low-wage, unskilled labor; 44% ended up in white-collar occupations of one kind or another—primarily running saloons, groceries, and other small businesses.”

https://direct.mit.edu/jinh/article-abstract/53/3/407/114352/The-Best-Country-in-the-World-The-Surprising

Via:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/01/saturday-assorted-links-389.html

#anGortaMór #IrishFamine #NewYork

An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22nd December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine

An Gorta Mór reported was first reported on 22nd December 1849. Bridget O’Donnel was a famine victim from County Clare whose story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Evicted from her home while pregnant and sick with fever, O’Donnel endured a losing her child at birth and watching her thirteen-year-old son starve to death.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/interview-grieving-irish-famine-mother

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnGortaMór #IrishFamine

The story of "Dear Old Skibbereen" and the Great Hunger / An Gorta Mór
#IrishFamine #Skibbereen

https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/history-great-hunger-skibbereen#.Y4xm4CcbEcE.twitter via @IrishCentral

Currently listening my way through the brilliant #HistoryIreland hedge school podcasts. This one from 2018 on the #IrishFamine recorded around the time of the Black 47 movie is well worth a listen, as the famine and its aftermath is the formative event in this island's #history

[History Ireland] THE GREAT HUNGER REASSESSED #historyIreland
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/111254425 via @PodcastAddict

Nothing beats newsprint, but for convenience the online version of our short article on #Dublin & the Great #IrishFamine in the Irish Independent is also here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/when-the-famine-made-dublins-streets-a-gigantic-refugee-camp-42117315.html