Record

Repository	Scottish Catholic Archives
Ref No	SCA/GD/6
Title	Irish Potato Pickers - Father Walsh
Date	1971-1973
Level	Fonds
Description	Correspondence with members of Parliament; inspection of bothies; newspaper Cuttings exposure of bad conditions etc.
Admin_History	In 1971 two Scottish priests, Fr Walsh and Fr Cassidy, set out to expose the atrocious conditions under which the Irish potato lifters were living in insanitary bothies, etc. The following papers were deposited by Fr Walsh in 1978
Related Material	DE/132/15
Format	Manuscript, News print
AccessConditions	Open for consultation, some sections closed as they hold personal data subject to the Data Protection Act

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