In the 17th and 18th centuries Kerry became increasingly populated by poor tenant farmers, who came to rely on the potato as their main food source. As a result, when the potato crop failed in 1845, Kerry was very hard hit by the Great Irish Famine of 1845–49. In the wake of the famine, many thousands of poor farmers emigrated to seek a better life in America and elsewhere. Kerry was to remain a source of emigration until recent times (up to the 1980s). Another long term consequence of the famine was the Land War of the 1870s and 1880s, in which tenant farmers agitated, sometimes violently, for better terms from their landlords.
At Parknasilla. County Kerry, Ireland
Garinish Island, Parknasilla. County Kerry, Ireland
At Valentia. County Kerry, Ireland
The Macgillicuddy Reeks, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Ross Castle, I, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Ross Castle, II, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Old Weir Bridge. Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Lakes from Kenmare Road, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
In the Upper Lake, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Serpent Lake, Gap of Dunloe, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
Great Southern Hotel, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland
