On December 21st the entire Irish army marched up and settled themselves to blockade the English. The besiegers were now in their turn besieged, and were cut off from the interior of the country, whence their supplies of fresh food had been drawn. Under these circumstances, it could not be long till men and horses- began to suffer from starvation and disease.   The Irish had, therefore, only to remain quiet and allow the army of their enemies to melt away of its own ... Read More

Above : Illustrating Picture Of The Great Famine In the payment of crowds of officials a great part of the availabe funds were frittered away. Persons not in need of relief obtained employment by means of " influence," while the destitute and deservin were often refused. In some very poor districts no more than one man out of ten or twelve was taken on the works. Everywhere there was fraud, waste and demoralisation. Meanwhile, ... Read More