At a Crossroads - Salvation or Starvation (1847) | The Great Famine XIV

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This podcast continues our journey through the summer of 1847 as we reach one of the pivotal moments in the history of the Great Famine. The British government finally realise a new policy is needed in Ireland but will it help or hinder?

Decisions taken in this podcast overshadow life Ireland for years to come.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hi folks in this episode at a crossroads salvation or starvation we continue our journey into the early summer of 1847.
0:36.2	This is a pivotal moment in the story of the Great Famine because decisions taken over the next 30 minutes or so will overshadow Ireland for years.
0:47.0	The past few episodes of the series have been very focused on local histories moving across Ireland through the early months of 1847.
0:55.9	While these are invaluable to see what life was like on the ground, we also need to keep an eye on the
1:01.6	bigger picture because whether it was people in Dublin or
1:04.9	Skibouin, much of the horrors Irish people endured had been shaped by the disastrous British
1:10.9	government response to the Great Vamine.
1:14.4	In early 1847, as we are about to see, this response changed dramatically.
1:20.8	So to understand this shift in policy and why it's so important this podcast brings you to
1:26.7	the heart of power in the British Empire, the House of Commons in London, where debates
1:31.9	around the famine we were making for strange political
1:34.5	bedfellows. The results of these debates would usher in and frame a new phase of the great hunger.
1:41.2	While the coming episodes will return to stories from individual communities, the events
1:45.9	that take place in the House of Commons in this podcast will create chaos on the ground in Ireland.
1:51.8	This show will also contextualize the visit of the French celebrity chef
1:56.4	Alexis Sawyer to Ireland, which we looked at in the last podcast. Then we will conclude with a look at how soup kitchens provoked major riots in some parts of the country in the summer of 1847.
2:12.0	History is often hard to summarize and this is particularly the case when we are
2:17.9	dealing with a topic like today's show about major government decisions that
2:22.1	impacts the lives of millions of people.
2:25.0	However, in the case of the events we are about to discuss, they can be somewhat summarized at least
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