First published in 1848, The Irish Crisis is a landmark work that examined the root causes of the famine that devastated Ireland in the mid-19th century. Author Charles Edward Trevelyan was a leading civil servant responsible for implementing British policy in Ireland, and his analysis of the crisis remains one of the most insightful and well-researched accounts of this tragic period in Irish history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.