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An Gorta Mór

When the Potatoes Did Not Grow

The dark tale of the Irish famine… republished on the site When the potatoes from the blight they did not grow And …

Famine Food

What we dismiss as a weed Was once all there was to feed The hungry in a land of plenty Guarded by …

The Famine Cross

At the back of St Josephs Hospital in Longford, there is the local famine graveyard. This poem is dedicated to those interred …

The Hungry Grass

A shiver runs up my spine As stories I recall Of people dead in times gone by I was told of when …

Sitting There Saying Nothing

She sits there saying nothing A wee woman and her wains We know not who she is That sits there with her …