Poverty in Ireland, 1837 - Baron Jozsef Eotvos - Bog

In 1837, the conditions of the poor in Ireland - a third of the population - were worse than anywhere else in Europe. The Irish poor were half-naked and often without food - victims of bigotry and a cruel history, the idealistic young Baron Eotvos believed. A vivid last glimpse of a doomed community that would be largely wiped out a decade later.