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Material is limited. American interest in Irish migration tends to dominate, leading to an emphasis on the potato famine and its consequences.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/POTATO.htm
This site provides text dealing with the history of potato growing in Ireland. It provides a summary of the famine and a highly critical account of what the British did about it.
http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/history/famine.html
Irish history: the Famine and Emigrationthat relate to the potato famine and Irish migration.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/emigration/
Of some interest.
http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. This site provides a range of sources and access to other similar sites in Dublin and Cork.
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