Distributing clothing at Kilrush, Ireland 1849

Here a charitable Miss Kennedy is distributing clothing to destitute women and children in rags. These miserable conditions 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

Charitable Compounded Destitute Distributing Evictions Famine Farms Forced Miserable Peasants Potato Rags Stricken

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