Landlords & Mass Evictions - Exploiting the Great Hunger | The Great Famine XXXII

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

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

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

During the Great Hunger over 250,000 people were evicted by their landlords. Most of these people were left destitute with little hope in an Ireland decimated by the Great Famine. In this podcast I look at the struggle that took place between tenants and landlords in the final phase of the Great Hunger. The show tries to understand why landlords and their agents acted in such a ruthless manner and why the government in London actually encouraged this process. This episode focuses in on the town of Kenmare and the surrounding Ring of Kerry to see how this played out in one community.

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0:50.4	Folks, this is just a quick update on my next live show which is on in Grady's Yard,
0:57.4	Watford on July the 13th.
1:00.0	I'm teeming up with another Irish podcast, Snug-Cast, and it's going to be a great night.
1:05.6	The format will be totally different from these episodes.
1:09.0	It's going to be a much more relaxed informal structure where I'll definitely be going off script.
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1:25.3	as well as looking at why Irish people have a somewhat problematic relationship with booze
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