Insurrection and Starvation - A Tale of Two Towns (1846) | The Great Famine IX

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

🗓️ 19 June 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

As the situation deteriorated in Ireland in late 1846, the two Cork towns of Youghal and Skibbereen experienced the unfolding horrors in very different ways. The people of Youghal, due to local dynamics, were in a position to rise up against some of the causes of famine. Through the Autumn of 1846 they launched an insurrection in a desperate bid to stop food being exported. However at Skibbereen in west Cork the people found themselves in a far worse situation. Ravaged by severe starvation from as early as October, the town became notorious for the horrific conditions its inhabitants faced.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
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0:52.0	the patrons, the people who support the show and make sure it comes out.
0:56.0	I'm really thankful to everyone who supports the Great Famine Series.
1:00.0	And the next exclusive audio content that patrons will receive is coming out in early July
1:06.4	and is actually a full audiobook.
1:08.9	To thank patrons for their ongoing support and give you guys a better sense of your history.
1:14.4	I'm going to record the first and only ever audio version of the 1850 publication
1:20.8	and immigrants narrative, a voice from steerage.
1:24.6	This is the account of a man called William Smith, who travelled on an emigrants with Irish
1:29.4	famine emigrants to New York in the winter of 1847 and told his experiences of that voyage with these
1:37.5	desperate people fleeing starvation.
1:40.5	His story also chronicles how they were treated when they landed at Staten Island.
1:45.2	I've chosen this book for two reasons. Firstly because it's a really great story written by someone
1:52.1	who actually experienced these events.
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