Book review: The Famine years in West Kerry

Bryan MacMahon’s descriptions of events between 1845 and 1849 leave no doubt that the Famine was as bad as any famine witnessed in the television era
Book review: The Famine years in West Kerry

Bryan MacMahon has written intensively on the Famine. This is his third book covering that period.

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 - 01:00
Diarmuid O'Donovan

  • Calamity and Controversy: The Famine Years in Dingle and West Kerry 
  • Bryan MacMahon 
  • Wordwell Books, €20.00

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