Crowd waiting for relief, Arran Islands, Ireland 1886
A crowd of men and women wait for relief outside the priest's house at Kilronan, Arran Islands, Ireland. Hunger and destitution were brought on by the potato famine in the mid 19th century and further compounded by the forced evictions of poverty-stricken peasants from their homes and farms
Picture No
10220207
Media ID
45987962
Size
6042px x 4013px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 8 May 1886, page 475, By Aloysius O'Kelly
Date
1886
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