Sujet

Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the 'levellers', during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor were blamed for their situation. 'At Carihaken the levellers have been at work, and tumbled down eighteen houses. In one of them dwelt John Killian, who stood by me while I made the accompanying Sketch of the remains of his dwelling. He told me that he and his fathers before him had owned this now ruined cabin for ages, and that he had paid £4 a year for four acres of ground. He owed no rent: before it was due, the landlord's drivers cut down his crops, carried them off, gave him no account of the proceeds, and then tumbled his house...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A33_308

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Droits gérés

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68,6Mo (4,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 41,0cm / 4960 x 4837 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings people male man men destruction house houses country guy British Ireland Irish cottage cottages ruins ruin village rustic poor poverty location Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept ruined famine Galway B&W homeless homelessness levelling engraved engraving levelled County Galway destitute 19th century black & white black and white B W Connacht nineteenth century rural The Print Collector Illustrated London News Poor Law rural life TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Regionalism Great Hunger Great Famine Irish potato famine 19th-century