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Walsh/Langan Introduction

The following "sketches on the west of Ireland" by Mr James Mahony were taken from The Illustrated London News, February 20, 1847.

The purpose of the article was to "direct puplic sympathy to the suffering poor " in the west.


Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck


Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck


Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck


Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck

Notice the poor souls on the side of the road.

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