Blessings from the Irish Potato Famine •October 21, 2026• by Janet Roney How can there be any blessing found in the death of a million Irish by starvation during the devastating Irish potato famine from 1845 to 1851? Those famine deaths were tragic and awful, but it caused another million Irish to emigrate to the United States, including Edward Bresnan who found his way to Dora Township, Moultrie County, Illinois by 1858. Bresnan was a professio…
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