Irish History Guide - Early History to Present Day Ireland
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Tide of Emigration
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Above : The Emigrant Prepare To Leave
By the closing months of 1847 the distress had greatly lessened. The harvest was a very good one, and, before the end of the year, the famine might be regarded as over. Its effects, however, long remained. Results of the Famine.—The classes which had been the employers of labour had been greatly impoverished. The smaller farmers h id been obliged to sell their live-stock, their implements, often even their seed-corn.
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