Dear Patrick and Catherine...A Letter from the Great Famine
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Description
Of all the dark periods of Irish
history, the potato famine of
the 1840s was the blackest. Between
1845 and 1852, a million people died
of starvation and related causes. Over
a million and a half more emigrated,
disappearing without a trace from
their stricken country.
Occasionally, the stories of these
pioneers come to light. One account,
concerning the Clohossey family of
Nail Pond, Prince Edward Island, has
recently been discovered in the form
of a letter which was lost for over a
century. That letter, reproduced
here, tells a touching story of the
origins of the Clohossey family and
the stricken Irish community they
left.
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- Title
- Dear Patrick and Catherine...A Letter from the Great Famine
- Creator
- Cousins, John
- Subject
- Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
- Description
- Of all the dark periods of Irish history, the potato famine of the 1840s was the blackest. Between 1845 and 1852, a million people died of starvation and related causes. Over a million and a half more emigrated, disappearing without a trace from their stricken country. Occasionally, the stories of these pioneers come to light. One account, concerning the Clohossey family of Nail Pond, Prince Edward Island, has recently been discovered in the form of a letter which was lost for over a century. That letter, reproduced here, tells a touching story of the origins of the Clohossey family and the stricken Irish community they left.
- Publisher
- Prince Edward Island Museum
- Contributor
- Date
- 1985
- Type
- Document
- Format
- application/pdf
- Identifier
- vre:islemag-batch2-236
- Source
- 18
- Language
- en_US
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
- Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.