Evictions

Sean Sexton’s photographic archive, considered the finest privately-held collection of Irish photographs in the world, provide a poignant photo-history of evictions in the final decades of the 19th century. These images created a wave of sympathy for Irish tenants and embarrassed the British government into making legislative changes. In 1900, Queen Victoria visited Ireland for … [Read more...] about Window on the Past: Victoria
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