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Vere Foster: Changing Lives for the Irish Poor Jean Cannon & Ian Wolseley
Vere Foster: Changing Lives for the Irish Poor Jean Cannon & Ian Wolseley
During the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland, Vere Foster assisted the poor, helping with the re-settlement of thousands of emigrants to North America escaping starvation and disease. For those unable to emigrate he set his sights on improving their life chances by lifting educational standards in Irish schools. Jean Cannon revisits this momentous... Read more...