Ireland's Own MPs Voted Down Famine Relief
Victorian Britain

Ireland's Own MPs Voted Down Famine Relief

A million Irish were dying of hunger in 1847, and their own representatives in Parliament systematically voted against every bill that might have saved them.

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Irish HistoryVictorian EraFaminePolitical RepresentationBritish EmpireColonialismPolitical BetrayalWestminsterEconomic Policy19th CenturyCatholic EmancipationHome Rule

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