The Great Hunger


This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, concerning the Great Famine in Ireland. For more information please ask a reference librarian.



Reference Works

Moody, T. W. and F. X. Martin. The Course of Irish History (REF DA 910 .C86 1995)

Encyclopedia of Ireland. (REF DA 979 .E5)

"The Irish Famine as Represented in Nineteenth-Century Literature," Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale, 1998, vol. 64, pp. 184-261. (REF PN 761 .N5)


Locating Books

Use these subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:

Appropriate Journal Indexes

Combine the terms (famine or famines) and (Ireland or Irish) to locate materials in indexes.

To locate primary sources in newspapers or magazines, use the following indexes:

Selected Internet Resources

An Gorta Mor: The Great Irish Famine (http://www.wisc.edu/history/famine)
A Commemoration of the Great Famine (Ireland, 1845) (http://www.pilot.infi.net/~cksmith.famine/PotatCom.html)
Bibliography of the Great Famine (Ireland 1845) (http://www.uhb.fr/Langues/Cei/Level/GFBiblio.html)
Views of the Famine (Illustrated London News) (http://www.emory.edu/FAMINE)
Interpreting the Irish Famine, 1846-1850 (http:avery.med.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish.Famine.html)


updated 2/18/98
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