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• 1861 Census: Decline of the population in Ireland (Famine, Disease and Emigration)

  A statistical summary of the numbers who emigrated from each county in Ireland during the years 1851-1860.

• Books:

  • Mapping the Great Irish Famine: A Survey of the Famine Decades

    A book by Liam Kennedy.

  • Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855

    A book by J. Matthew Gallman.

  • The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration

    A book by Robert James Scally.

  • The Famine Immigrants

    A book by Ira A. Glazier.

  • The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America

    A book by Edward Laxton.

  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    A book by James S. Donnelly, Jr.

• Interpreting The Irish Famine, 1846-1850

  [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

• Irish Famine Migration To New Brunswick 1845

• Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine

  These materials identify 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York, 1846-1851, and the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country.

  • Fielded Search - Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File (FIPAS), 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851

  • Fielded Search - List of Ships that Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851

• The Jeanie Johnston - Replica Irish Famine/Immigrant Ship

• Views of the Famine