“Nature sent the potato blight, government & landlords created the famine.” 1845-1849 saw one million Irish people die and a million more emigrate. During the period, the full range of other foodstuffs was produced and shipped to England, being too expensive for the native population.
This is one of about nine murals painted in 1995 on the Great Hunger (Visual History).
Lenadoon Avenue, west Belfast
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Copyright © 1995 Paddy Duffy
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Paddy Duffy Collection 