An English Justice of the Peace worked to save a community during the Irish Potato Famine, but couldn't save his own family.

Joshua Minnitt, an English Justice of the Peace during the Irish potato famine of the 1850s, worked tirelessly with his family to fight the famine and save a community, but had to disinherit his only son when he married a local catholic girl.—Alan Brown

The story of the Minnitt family of Anabeg house over 400 years and their influence over the local community. English Protestant landowners, their lifes changed when the great famine struck Ireland. Joshua Minnitt fought to save a community, but couldn't save his own family.—Anonymous