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"That diabolical system": evictions in famine Ireland

Up to half a million people lost their homes during the Great Famine. Who carried out and documented those evictions, and what happened to the evicted?

Food rioting in Galway in 1842, one of the many riots that broke out in the 1840s

'Hunger will break through a wall': food riots during the Famine

Bridget O'Donnel, a woman who spoke about her experiences(Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Hidden heroes: women and the Great Famine

Famine Ireland

A funeral procession in famine Ireland. Source: Getty Images

How the Temporary Fever Act failed to stop epidemics

People begging to be allowed enter a workhouse in Ireland, circa 1846

"This Land of Sorrows": the Poor Law Extension Act 1847

Children and the workhouse

A reconstructed image of children arriving at a workhouse

Lost generation: children and the workhouse during the Famine

Tens of thousands of children ended up in workhouses during the Famine - and conditions there were grim, as Gerard Moran explains. This piece contains images that may be distressing.

The children of Bridget O'Donnel, as depicted in the Illustrated London News in 1849. Source: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Forgotten victims: the children found in Kilkenny Workhouse grave

Birr workhouse. Image by Frank Coyne

"Paupers and beggars' brats": Parsonstown Workhouse in the Famine

This form shows the return of paupers at Lurgan Workhouse

'Dreadful visitation': Lurgan Poor Law Union during the Famine

Charity

Asenath Nicholson

Asenath Nicholson, the American who described the Great Famine

A pamphlet advertising a workshop organised by Mr Chard.

'A Labour of Love': the Contribution of the Society of Friends

Kindred Spirits. Photo: John Crowley

Lessons of Giving:the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations and the Famine

The Hunger: watch the documentary here

A new documentary narrated by Liam Neeson

Famine memorial

About the Great Irish Famine Project

The Great Irish Famine project