Lessons from a history of famines Dr. Eamon Phoenix

COUNTY Upper Lower bound bound bound bound Antrim Leitrim Armagh Limerick Carlow Longford Cavan Louth Clare Mayo Cork Meath Derry Monaghan Donegal Offaly Down Roscommon Dublin Sligo Fermanagh Tipperary Galway Tyrone Kerry Waterford Kildare Westmeath Kilkenny Wexford Laois Wicklow (Source: J. Mokyr, Why Ireland Starved) COUNTY Upper Lower bound bound bound bound Antrim Leitrim Armagh Limerick Carlow Longford Cavan Louth Clare Mayo Cork Meath Derry Monaghan Donegal Offaly Down Roscommon Dublin Sligo Fermanagh Tipperary Galway Tyrone Kerry Waterford Kildare Westmeath Kilkenny Wexford Laois Wicklow (Source: J. Mokyr, Why Ireland Starved)

YEAR 1 Acre Above Total or less Acres Acres Acres 30 Acres Holdings ____________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , ,700 88, , , , ,000 (Source: L Kennedy et al Mapping the Great Irish Famine) YEAR 1 Acre Above Total or less Acres Acres Acres 30 Acres Holdings ____________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , ,700 88, , , , ,000 (Source: L Kennedy et al Mapping the Great Irish Famine)

18418,175, ,552, ,799, ,412,000 ( Source: H. Litton, The Irish Famine: an Illustrated history ) 18418,175, ,552, ,799, ,412,000 ( Source: H. Litton, The Irish Famine: an Illustrated history )

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