175 years on - Does Black '47 & the Great Hunger still matter?
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Over the last decade there has been countless events to mark the centenary of the Irish Revolution. However 2022 is also the 175th anniversary of Black ‘47, one of worst years of the Great Hunger. This has received little or no attention. This begs the question does the Great Famine matter anymore or is it fading in to the distant past?
In this podcast I looked at the impact of the Great Famine, asking what if any meaning it has for day to day life in the 21st century.
Sources mentioned:
The school's folklore collection is available at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes
My series on the great Famine is available here https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/category/podcast/the-great-famine/
The article on the Year of Slaughter - the Famine of the 1740s is available here https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/1741-the-year-of-slaughter/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, before you dive in, just a quick heads up about the Warford launch of my new book |
| 0:04.6 | Alita Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:07.6 | It takes place in the book center, on Red Square in Warford at 6.30pm on Friday, September |
| 0:13.6 | 29th. |
| 0:14.6 | The book center is one of my favorite bookshops. |
| 0:17.1 | It's built into an art deco cinema from the 1930s, it alone is reason enough to come |
| 0:21.5 | to the launch. |
| 0:22.5 | But hopefully I'll see you there on Friday the 29th at 6.30pm for the launch of Alita |
| 0:27.8 | Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:34.1 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 0:36.7 | My name is Finn DeWire and this is, Does the Great Famine Matter Anymore. |
| 0:42.0 | Over the last decade Ireland has had countless events to mark the centenary of the Irish |
| 0:47.2 | Revolution. |
| 0:48.2 | However, 2022 also marks the 175th anniversary of Black 47, one of the worst years of the |
| 0:56.0 | Great Hunger. |
| 0:57.0 | But it has scarcely been mentioned in wider Irish society, in the media or by politicians. |
| 1:02.8 | This begs the question, Does the Great Hunger Matter Anymore? |
| 1:06.2 | Or is it fading into the distant past? |
| 1:09.1 | In this podcast I look at the impact the Great Hunger has had on Irish society and the |
| 1:14.5 | wider Irish community across the world. |
| 1:17.0 | The episode also contains a bit of a refresher on the Great Famine, basically the major events |
| 1:21.7 | in a few minutes so you don't need to listen to the entire Great Famine series. |
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