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178 Irish Potato Famine Photos and High-Res Pictures

Browse 178 authentic irish potato famine photos, pictures and images, or start a new search to explore additional photo galleries to find the right picture.

Alexis Soyer , French cook who started a large soup kitchen in London and Ireland where he fed over a million people during the potato famine....

Illustration of Alexis Soyer

Political cartoon concerning the Irish Famine. It shows "The Herald of Relief from America," a woman standing on the shore holding a paper with the...

Cartoon Showing Woman Waving "Help" Sign

The Great Famine. A family at the ruins of their house in Killarney, 1888. Private Collection.

The Great Famine. A Family At The Ruins Of Their House In Killarney

Villagers at Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland during the Great Famine, Ireland, 1846. Original publication: Illustrated London News - pub 10th...

Irish Potato Famine

Starving boy and girl rake the ground for potatoes at Cahera during the Irish potato famine.

The Embankment, Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850. Emigrants leaving Britain for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New...

Crowds outside a government depot in Cork, Ireland, where Indian corn is being sold by the British government, 1846. Food was short after the failure...

Indian Corn On Sale

Starving peasants clamour at the gates of a workhouse during the Irish potato famine.

Keillines, near General Thompson's Property, 1850. Poverty in Ireland during the Potato Famine. Scene ', on the road between Maam and Clifden, in...

Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850. Suffering during the Irish Potato Famine: 'In Ennis I went...

Sketch In A House At Faheys Quay,

The year is 1914 and a terrible scene unfolds on a street in Ulster. A scene that has been all to common in Ireland this century. A family carrying...

Northern Ireland Riots Funeral 1914

Cabin of Pat. MacNamara, Village of Clear, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the 'levellers', during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor were blamed...

Cabin Of Pat. Macnamara

Aidan Quinn at the Fundraiser for Statue Commemorating the Irish Potato Famine, Thompson Street Cafe, New York City.

Fundraiser for Statue Commemorating the Irish Potato Famine

Woman with a baby begging at Clonakilty in County Cork during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British...

The Potato Blight, 1847. Found in the collection of the The National Folklore Collection, Dublin. Artist MacDonald, Daniel .

The Potato Blight

Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen, County Cork during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government...

Under British Rule

Funeral cortege at Shepperton Lakes, West Cork, Ireland during the Great Famine , 1847. Sketch by James Mahony. Original publication - Illustrated...

Funeral During Famine

Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and...

Looking For Food

Irish emmigrants leaving for Liverpool on board the paddle steamers Nimrod and Athlone, during the Great Famine , Ireland, 1851. Original publication...

Emmigrants Depart

Irish tenants evicted by landlords from their smallholding and made homeless for the non-payment of rent during The Great Famine which was caused by...

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due toPotato Blight , evicted from their tumbledown cottage....

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due toPotato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), evicted from their tumbledown cottage. From The Illustrated London News December 1848. Wood engraving...

Potato Famine: Irish peasant girl guarding the family's last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From The Illustrated London...

Potato Famine: Irish peasant girl guarding the family's last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From The Illustrated London News, April 1886 Wood engraving...

Starving townspeople raid a potato store in Galway during a famine, Ireland, 13th June 1842. Food riots occurred all day in the city. Original...

Galway Starvation Riots

Father Matthew visits a farming family during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government...

Funeral at Skibbereen, County Cork, during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government inaction....

Destitute family during The Great Famine which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government inaction. 1 million people...

The Great Hunger

The cartoon on the front cover of 'Harper's Weekly' - 'We are starving in Ireland - the Herald of relief from America.' The Great Famine was caused...

The Great Hunger

Bagpiper makes his way down Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York,17 March, 2004 during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade....

A bagpiper makes his way down Fifth Aven

The Workhouse, Clifden, 1850. Poverty in Ireland during the Potato Famine. 'Clifden itself is an exotic in an unfavourable climate. It was reared by...

Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the 'levellers', during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor...

Ruins In The Village Of Carihaken

Irish emmigrants sailing to the US during the Great Famine , 1850. Original publication - Illustrated London News - pub 6th July 1850.

Emigrants Sail For USA

Gabriel Byrne during Fundraiser For Statue Commemorating the Irish Potato Famine at Thompson Street Cafe in New York City, New York, United States.

Fundraiser For Statue Comemorating The Irish Potato Famine

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, October 11, 1890.

Landlord Takes All

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, April 23, 1892.

Political Cockfight

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, March 1940.

Regino Mamelo Garcia

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, February 20, 1890.

Peace with Honor

Workers place the cornerstone from an 1830s stone cottage that stood in Ireland during the 19th century famine at Vesey St. And North End Ave. In...

Workers place the cornerstone from an 1830s stone cottage th

Stones from an 1830s cottage that stood in Ireland during the 19th century famine are ready for reconstruction at Vesey St. And North End Ave. In...

Stones from an 1830s cottage that stood in Ireland during th

Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg speak at the dedication of a memorial to the Irish potato famine of 1845-1852 at Battery Park....

Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg speak at the

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the dedication of a memorial to the Irish potato famine of 1845-1852 at Battery Park. Fieldstones and wildflowers...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the dedication of a memori

Irish President Mary McAleese speaks at the dedication of a memorial to the Irish potato famine of 1845-1852 at Battery Park. Fieldstones and...

Irish President Mary McAleese speaks at the dedication of a

Green ribbon is cut at the dedication of a memorial to the Irish potato famine of 1845-1852 at Battery Park. Fieldstones and wildflowers from Ireland...

A green ribbon is cut at the dedication of a memorial to the

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, 1890.

Power of the Republic

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, February 28, 1892.

Preaching in the Graveyard

Lithographic political cartoon during the Irish Potato Famine, Dublin, Ireland, March 1940.

Political Cockfight

Father Mathew comforts a famine stricken poor family in Ireland in 1845. Theobald Mathew, 1790–1856. Irish Catholic teetotalist reformer, popularly...

Father Mathew comforts a famine stricken poor family in Ireland in 1845

Distress in Ireland, Collecting limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland. Failure of the potato crop in previous year had made condition of...

Distress in Ireland: Collecting limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland.

Father Mathew comforting a starving family during the Irish potato famine of the 1840's. Father Mathew worked unceasingly to relieve the suffering...

Father Mathew comforting a starving family.

Irish potato famine 1840s. Evicted family.

Irish potato famine 1840s, Evicted family

Irish immigants in New York City queue to send money to family members suffering from the famine of 1879 in Ireland. The famine, known as the...

Irish immigants in New York City queue to send money to family members suffering from the famine of 1879 in Ireland

The aftermath of famine, Ireland , 1886. Distress in Ireland as people Collect limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland. Failure of the potato...

Aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886.

Irish Potato Famine: Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. The potato crop which, provided the staple food for...

Irish Potato Famine: Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. The potato crop which, provided the staple food for the Irish peasantry, was destroyed by Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), the cause of the famine in whi...

An engraving commenting on famine in Ireland- a woman collects seaweed for food on the west coast. Dated 19th century.

Famine in Ireland.

Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850. The failure of the Irish potato crop in the 1840s led to a devastating...

Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850.

Cartoon commenting on the problems of Ireland. Illustrated by John Tenniel an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated...

The problems of Ireland.

An engraving depicting the distress in Ireland during the Potato Famine. An evicted family searches for potatoes in a stubble field. The famine...

The distress in Ireland during the Potato Famine.

Cartoon commenting on the Irish Potato Famine. England, epitomised by John Bull, taking bread to the starving Irish peasants. The potatoes on which...

The Irish Potato Famine.

�The Man with the Weather Eye - Being a Correct Likeness of the Celebrated Mr Murphy�. Satire on Ireland�s potato famine and variable weather...

�The Man with the Weather Eye�, 1840s.

Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood...

Irish Potato Famine, 1842.

Cartoon commenting on the Irish Potato Famine. England, epitomised by John Bull, taking bread to the starving Irish peasants. The potatoes on which...

The Irish Potato Famine.