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Temporary House of Refuge
Devastated by the famine gripping Ireland, forced to immigrate on ships beset with cholera and starvation, and having survived the hellish quarantine conditions at Grosse-Île, hundreds of destitute men, women and children arrived in Toronto in the 1840s. An Asylum (Sept, 1847, to May,1848) sheltered some of the women and children. Toronto cuimhin leis an gorta.mor
Creator: Irish and Scotch Relief Committee
Date: 1847
Identifier: 1847.Irish.vs
Format: Ephemera
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
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Temporary House of Refuge
Devastated by the famine gripping Ireland, forced to immigrate on ships beset with cholera and starvation, and having survived the hellish quarantine conditions at Grosse-Île, hundreds of destitute men, women and children arrived in Toronto in the 1840s. An Asylum (Sept, 1847, to May,1848) sheltered some of the women and children. Toronto cuimhin leis an gorta.mor
Creator: Irish and Scotch Relief Committee
Date: 1847
Identifier: 1847.Irish.vs
Format: Ephemera
Rights: Public domain
Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.
More information: (view details and larger image)