"Forgotten Famines and Fearless Females: Wilde, Parnell and Gonne Revisited"

A talk by Professor Christine Kinealy
Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute
Professor of History
Quinnipiac University

Followed by the launch of a major new four-part series of books on the Famine. These books explore four different aspects of this tragedy by examining key primary documents and contemporary source materials. Each document is accompanied by an introduction and is fully annotated.

The topics explored are

Vol. 1. The Great Famine by Christine Kinealy

Vol II. The Exodus by Gerard Moran

Vol. III. Migration Narratives by Jason King

Vol. IV. Forgotten Famines by Christine Kinealy and Gerard Moran

The four volumes are published by Routledge and are a major addition to famine historiography.