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The heroics and humanitarian contributions of those who came to the aid of their fellow men and women during the Great Hunger of 1845 and 1852 has been largely ignored and forgotten until recently. Many of the neglected heroes were prepared to put their lives on the line and, in a number of instances, suffered permanent health damage in coming to the aid of the starving and diseased. They include landlords, poets, clergymen and philanthropists. This volume follows on from the collection of essays on Famine Heroes and shows that there were many who were on the front line in coming to the assistance of their fellow man during this period of large-scale emigration, starvation and death. At a time when the world continues to deal with the horrors and legacies of the COVID pandemic with many front line workers putting their lives at risk, the heroics of those who gave their time, energy and resources-and lives-during the calamity of the Great Hunger is recorded and acknowledged in this collection. This edited collection is a follow up to Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger (2021)
Contents
Introduction
Christine Kinealy, Jason King and Gerard Moran
Irish Involvement
'Famine and pestilence are at our door': Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) - Laurent Colantonio
'John of Kenmare': Father John O'Sullivan (1807-1874) - Colum Kenny
Lord George Hill (1801-1879): An Improving Landlord in Gweedore - Cathal Poirteir
Sir Robert Gore Booth (1805-1876) and the Great Famine in County Sligo - Gerard Moran
'A Ghastly Spectral Army': Speranza (1821-1896) and The Famine Year - Christine Kinealy
International involvement
'Unmitigated, hopeless pain': William Rathbone V (1787-1868) and the Great Hunger - Christine Kinealy
Highway of Heroes: Unsung First Responders to Irish Famine Refugees in Upper Canada - Mark. G. McGowan
Stephen De Vere (1812-1904) and Kahkewaquonaby's 'Extended Sympathies': A Case Study of Famine Irish Emigration and Canadian First Nations - Jason King
Patrick Donahoe (1811-1901), the Pilot and Irish Famine Relief, 1845 to 1882 - Catherine B. Shannon
Boston in the Famine: City Government and the Emigrant Crisis - John McColgan
Jews and the Great Famine: A link with humanity - Peter Murphy
Afterword
Jim Callery (1934- ): A Modern Famine Hero - Caroilin Callery
About the Contributors 227
Acknowledgements 229
Index 231
