Through an investigation of the reportage in 19th-century English metropolitan newspapers and illustrated journals, this book begins with the question Did anti-O'Connell sentiment in the British press lead to 'killing remarks', rhetoric that helped the press, government and public opinion distance themselves from the Irish Famine?. The book explores the reportage of events and people in Ireland, focusing first on Daniel O'Connell and then on debates about the seriousness of the famine.
Through an investigation of the reportage in 19th-century English metropolitan newspapers and illustrated journals, this book begins with the question...
