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• "Celts" is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Airgíalla (also Airgialla, Uriel, Orial, Orgialla, Orgiall, Oryallia, Ergallia; English: Oriel) was the name of an Irish federation and Irish kingdom which first formed around the 7th century  The historical region spanned the provinces of Leinster and Ulster equating with modern day Louth and Monaghan     (Source: Wikipedia)
• Articles and illustrations relating to the Irish Famine from the Pictorial Times 
• Articles related to the Irish tragedy of 1845-51 selected from The Illustrated London News  The articles include links to 72 accompanying engravings
• Book "Narrative of a Journey From Oxford to Skibbereen, During the Year of the Irish Famine," by Lord Dufferin, 1847  Additional author, the Hon. G. G. Boyle
• British Newspapers 1800-1900  two million pages of 19th century newspapers, search 49 local and national titles     (Source: British Library)     ($)
• The Chief Secretary's Office  PDF file can be downloaded also     (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• A Concise History of Ireland by PW Joyce, 1916 - "Rebellion of 1798" (King George III)      (Source: Celtic Cousins)
• Dáil Éireann records      (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• Departmental records      (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• Famine Relief Commission records relating to the Famine      (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• FENIANS mail list for the history of the Fenian Brotherhood and the Irish revolutionary movement, formed 1857, until the 1870s      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• The Great Famine, also known as the Irish Potato Famine      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Ireland in 1911  Old photos and historical background, pdf files     (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• Irish Emigration to the American Colonies 1723-1773, by Chevalier W.H. Grattan Flood, Mus. D., K.S.G.  from Journal of the American Irish Historical Society v. XXVI, 1927     (Source: Celtic Cousins)
• Irish views of the Famine, from personal diaries and Irish newspaper reports 
• IRISH-FAMINE genealogy mail list for discussing the causes and effects of the Irish Diaspora resulting from the Irish Famine of 1845-1850      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• IRL-GEN-MEDIEVAL mail list for the discussion of genealogy in Ireland during the Middle Ages, generally regarded as extending from the fall of Rome in 476 to about 1450      (Source: Rootsweb.com)
• More news articles concerning runaway servants from the Pennsylvania Gazette 1772      (Source: Ireland Old Newspapers)
• National Archives leaflet: Ireland: The Easter Rising 1916      (Source: National Archives Research Guides)
• National Archives leaflet: Royal Irish Constabulary Records      (Source: National Archives Research Guides)
• National Archives leaflet: State Papers: Ireland, 1509-1782      (Source: National Archives Research Guides)
• News articles concerning runaway servants from The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1751-1771      (Source: Ireland Old Newspapers)
• News clippings about the 1798 Rebellion      (Source: Ireland Old Newspapers)
• Photo: 'Bleach Green', Ireland, 1783. Stipple engraving by William Hincks showing Bleach Green, which derived its name from being the area where linen was bleached      (Source: GenUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy)
• Punch Comments on the Famine, Irish Rebellion, and Emigration  Satire relating to the politics behind the Famine
• Redemptioners and Indentured Servants; links to further information      (Source: Ireland Old Newspapers)
• Relief Commission Papers database, 1845-1847      (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine  PDF file can be downloaded also     (Source: National Archives of Ireland)
• A View of the Present State of Ireland, by Edmund Spenser, 1596 
• Views of the Famine: Master Picture List 

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