GALWAY GIRL WITH HANNAH EVANS | Michael Dandanell

In 1845, a woman named Hannah wrote to her brother in America — and her words stopped me in my tracks. She spoke of her deep worry that the potato was not growing. It wasn’t just a food source — it was their very livelihood. You can feel the fear between the lines… that sense of something terrible coming.Reading her letter, it’s heartbreaking to realise that what she feared most — the famine — did come to pass. This letter gives us a powerful glimpse into everyday Irish life before the Great Hun