notices and ads in Ireland-about the Irish Potato Famine

notices and ads in Ireland-about the Irish Potato Famine

1845-1852

1845-1852

These are two separate posters from the same book. The first is a notice to cease the issuing of all food under the Relief Act, and proclaiming that all people that can work should find work. This notice was put forward by the relief commission and the welfare would later fall to the shoulders of the poor law system that was also not equipped to take on such a vast project. The second document was put into the "Mayo Constitution" it is a complaint about the high mortality rates and the aggravation of having to bury the dead. They were very concerned about the dead being contagious to the other inhabitants. Thomas Dillon. M D
and William Kearney. were the two people to put this ad into the paper on July 29, 1847. The dead that these two men were complaining about were mostly people who had died in and around the work house. it is a very sad and morbid realization of life during the Irish Potato Famine. These two documents are just two of many types of notices that people would see in the paper during this time period.

English

Crowley, John, William J. Smyth, Michael Murphy, and Charlie Roche. 2012. Atlas of the great Irish famine. New York: New York University Press. (pg. 91 and 92)

Health

Crowley, John, William J. Smyth, Michael Murphy, and Charlie Roche. 2012. Atlas of the great Irish famine. New York: New York University Press. (pg. 91 and 92)

Amanda Dison

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