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Perspectives on the Great Irish Famine
Published 2022“…This overview of the Great Irish Famine is unfolded in terms of the three major phases of British government policy. …”
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Was the Great Irish Famine a Colonial Famine?
Published 2021-04-01“…This article reviews the historical debate on the colonial causation and dimensions of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50. It does so by briefly reviewing the evolution of the colonial relationship between Great Britain and Ireland before focusing on a number of specific fields of debate relating to the coloniality of the Irish famine. …”
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The Great Irish Famine: Identifying Starvation in the Tissues of Victims Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Bone and Incremental Dentine Collagen.
Published 2016-01-01“…Here we show that the dentine δ13C and δ15N profiles of workhouse inmates dating from the Great Irish Famine of the 19th century not only record the expected dietary change from C3 potatoes to C4 maize, but when used together they also document prolonged nutritional and other physiological stress resulting from insufficient sustenance. …”
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Making History Visible: Ireland’s National Famine Way Told Through Models and Interactive Digital Narratives
Published 2022-12-01“…The National Famine Way is a trail along Ireland’s Royal Canal that traces the remarkable trek of the 1,490 tenants who were evicted by their landlord, Denis Mahon, from his estate in Strokestown, County Roscommon, in the Republic of Ireland, during ‘Black ’47,’ the worst year of the Great Irish Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger of 1847). …”
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Ní Shíocháin, Tríona (2018). Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry. New York and Oxford: Berghahn
Published 2018-01-01“…One of the greatest Irish song poets of her time, Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire was born in 1774 and died during the Great Irish Famine in 1848. She is depicted as a charismatic woman who composed and sang anti-colonial ideas, mocking nobility and denouncing social exploitation in Ireland. …”
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‘Irish fever’ in Britain during the Great Famine: immigration, disease and the legacy of ‘Black ‘47’
Published 2020“…During the worst year of the Great Irish Famine, ‘Black ‘47’, tens of thousands of people fled across the Irish Sea from Ireland to Britain, desperately escaping the starvation and disease plaguing their country. …”
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Ethylicin Prevents Potato Late Blight by Disrupting Protein Biosynthesis of <i>Phytophthora infestans</i>
Published 2020-04-01“…<i>Phytophthora infestans</i>, the causal agent of potato late blight, triggered the devastating Great Irish Famine that lasted from 1845 to 1852. Today, it is still the greatest threat to the potato yield. …”
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The castle, the custom house and the cabinet
Published 2007“…<p>It is the contention of this thesis that the activities of, and the influences on, the senior administrators based in the Castle and the Custom House in Dublin during the Great Irish Famine are an essential element to understanding the formulation and execution of Irish Famine relief policy. …”
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Potatoes in Ireland: Sixty years of potato research and development, market evolution and perspectives on future challenges
Published 2022-02-01“…Potato is often considered synonymous with Ireland, due to the great Irish famine in 1845, and remains the most important primary food crop in Ireland. …”
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TOR Inhibitors Synergistically Suppress the Growth and Development of Phytophthora infestans, a Highly Destructive Pathogenic Oomycete
Published 2021-04-01“…Phytophthora infestans, one of most famous pathogenic oomycetes, triggered the Great Irish Famine from 1845 to 1852. The target of rapamycin (TOR) is well known as a key gene in eukaryotes that controls cell growth, survival and development. …”
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The death census of Black ’47: eyewitness accounts of Ireland’s great famine
Published 2023“…The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. …”
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