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| Picture No | 10220404 |
| Date | 1842 |
| Description | Attack on a Potato Store in Ireland |
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Potato store being attacked in Galway, Ireland, when the distress of hunger had become too great for the poor, squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer. This particular attack took place on Monday,13th of June and was part of the Galway starvation riots that took place that day.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 25 June 1842, page 100 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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