Picture No | 10220366 |
Date | 6 March 1880 |
Description | Distributing relief tickets in Ireland. |
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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.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 6 March 1880. Whole page. By R. Caton Woodville. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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