The Famine Plot Revisited: A Reassessment of the Great Irish Famine as Genocide

Mark G. Mcgowan

DOI:10.3138/GSI.11.1.04

Corpus ID: 158531409

The Famine Plot Revisited: A Reassessment of the Great Irish Famine as Genocide

@article{Mcgowan2017TheFP,
  title={The Famine Plot Revisited: A Reassessment of the Great Irish Famine as Genocide},
  author={Mark G. Mcgowan},
  journal={Genocide Studies International},
  year={2017},
  volume={11},
  pages={104 - 87}
}

Mark G. Mcgowan
Published 2017
History
Genocide Studies International

Abstract:There has been considerable debate among historians and public commentators about whether or not the Great Irish Famine (1845–1851) could be considered as genocide. Recently, controversial journalist Tim Pat Coogan has argued that England's treatment of Ireland in this period can be considered genocide. Historical evidence suggests otherwise. There was considerable blame for the perpetration of Ireland misery beyond the ill conceived and poorly executed policies of successive British… Expand

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