Episode 9: The Great Hunger

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Ireland's great famine was the worst peacetime disaster in 19th century Europe. It shaped both Ireland and the world. And it remains such a political bombshell that people still can't agree on what to call it. We explore the hidden history of the mass starvation, from its little-known role in the origins of modern journalism to its surprising link to a Native American tribe. Tim discovers a piece of 1840s Ireland in the middle of Manhattan, while Naomi asks what lessons should be applied to current events today.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
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0:51.3	A Hi everybody and in case you were wondering what you heard there, that was the sound of thousands of Irish soccer or football fans singing the Fields of Athenry back in 2012.
1:12.7	Yeah, it was a pretty extraordinary moment, I think, because the whole crowd sang in unison
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