| AUTHOR | TITLE | COMMENTS |
| Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 | A YA history of the Great Famine and winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal. It truly brought home the realities of life during the Famine and constantly reminded me of my grandmother’s stories. |
| Donnelly, James S., Jr. | The Great Irish Potato Famine | Ah, the pictures in this book will break your heart. |
| Hoagland, Kathleen, ed. | 1000 Years of Irish Poetry | Lots of insights into William’s character from these poems. |
| Kinealy, Christine | The Great Irish Famine: Impact, Ideology and Rebellion (British History in Perspective) | A recent book (pub. 2002), very scholarly and uses new sources. A good link between anecdotal accounts and very formal academic studies. |
| Thomas, Donald | The Victorian Underworld | Detailed account of London’s underworld. More academic than anecdotal. |
