Distributing relief tickets in Ireland
Smart young official distributing relief tickets in the turf market, Westport, County Mayo. The miserable conditions of the poor seen here 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
10220366
Media ID
45989667
Size
6643px x 4755px
(8.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 6 March 1880. Whole page. By R. Caton Woodville
Date
6 March 1880
