This selection from the journals of Elizabeth Smith of Baltiboys, County Wicklow, Ireland (wife of Colonel H. Smith), provides a " ... graphic account of the ef
This selection from the journals of Elizabeth Smith of Baltiboys, County Wicklow, Ireland (wife of Colonel H. Smith), provides a " ... graphic account of the ef
"One hundred and fifty years ago Elizabeth Smith, the Scottish-born wife of a west Wicklow landlord, was keeping a daily record of household, local, national an
The impact of the Irish famine of 1845-1852 was unparalleled in both political and psychological terms. The effects of famine-related mortality and emigration w
