The Great Irish Famine in Songs
Though fairly few Irish folk songs deal with the Great Famine and while the authenticity of those that remain cannot always be guaranteed, they nonetheless constitute valuable contemporary sources on the Famine from the perspective of ordinary people. The insights they provide as to the way they rea...
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Published in | Revue française de civilisation britannique Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 157 - 172 |
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Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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CRECIB - Centre de recherche et d'études en civilisation britannique
01.09.2014
Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique |
Series | La grande famine en Irlande 1845-1851 |
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Summary: | Though fairly few Irish folk songs deal with the Great Famine and while the authenticity of those that remain cannot always be guaranteed, they nonetheless constitute valuable contemporary sources on the Famine from the perspective of ordinary people. The insights they provide as to the way they reacted to government measures, hunger, evictions and emigration are a useful complement to scholarly histories which sometimes neglect the human dimension of the Famine. |
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ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |
DOI: | 10.4000/rfcb.277 |