Great Irish Famine: Coffin Ships & the Dark Truth (Part 2)
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
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🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
1847 was the darkest year in the spiralling horror of the Great Irish Famine. It is known in Ireland as 'Black '47'. The British Government withdrew its support, leaving famine and disease to stalk the land. Those who could leave Ireland did, sailing on board 'Coffin Ships'.
Today Anthony concludes his two-part history of the Great Irish Famine with the help of special guest Professor Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University.
Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Charlotte Long and Freddy Chick.
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| 1:05.0 | Hello and welcome to After Dark. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Maddie. |
| 1:08.0 | And I'm Antony. |
| 1:09.0 | And today we're returning to our special history of Anggarthamore, the Great Irish famine. |
| 1:14.6 | If you haven't listened to the first episode yet, go back and check that one out now. |
| 1:18.7 | Last week, we heard about how a fungal blight had spread from North America to Belgium and arrived in Ireland in the late autumn and winter of 1845. |
| 1:30.0 | This set in motion a chain of natural tragedies and political ineptitudes that through 1846 saw the Irish people searching the fields near their homes looking for scraps to eat. But that was nothing compared to what was about to |
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