Ejectment of Irish Tenantry

Eviction of an Irish peasant farmer and his family during the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840's. As landlords sought to rid their estates of pauperized farmers and labourers, as many as 500, 000 people were evicted in the years from 1846 to 1854

Estates Evicted Eviction Famine Labourers Landlords Potato Sought Tenantry

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