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Sufferings of the People: “Boycotting”

Above : Portrait Of John Blake Dillon The summer of 1879 had teen cold and wet. Most of the crops were extremely poor, and the potato crop practically a total failure. This, of course, meant for the rural population of a great part of Ireland nothing short of famine. Amongst the despairing peasantry, the advice [...]

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