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Surplus People: From Wicklow to Canada
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| #1105201 in Books | Collins Press | 2014-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.70 x.50 x5.00l,.44 | File type: PDF | 168 pages | Collins Press||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing slice of history made easy to read and understand!|By Ann|I had the opportunity of meeting and listening to Jim Reese last summer in Ireland at the Canada Come Home event held at the Coollattin Estate’s House owned by the Fitzwilliam’s during the great famine of 1847.
There is no doubt in my mind that listening to him, and now reading Surplus Peop|About the Author|Jim Rees, a Wicklow resident and historian with a History Masters Degree from NUI Maynooth, has had a lifelong passion for history and literature. He has written extensively and lectured widely on topics such as emigration and maritime history.
The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Eviction, emigration, and death from starvation were widespread. From 1847 to 1856 Lord Fitzwilliam removed 6,000 men, women, and children from his estate and arranged their passage from New Ross in Wexford to Canada on emigrant ships. Most were destitute and many were ill on arrival. Hunger and overcrowding at quarantine stations, such as the infamous Grosse Ile, resulted in further disease and death....
You easily download any file type for your device.Surplus People: From Wicklow to Canada | Jim Rees. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
