Tyranny, Cruelty & Inhumanity - Surviving the Workhouse | The Famine in Clogheen II | The Great Famine XXX
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This podcast (the second show on the town of Clogheen) introduces Richard Burke, a man who had a very unusual experience of the Great Famine. Between 1845 and 1848 he was the clerk of Clogheen Workhouse and Richard's life provide us with unique insights into this institution which was central to how the Great Hunger affected this community. The workhouse was where stories of kindness and cruelty played out side by side. The show includes an testimony from Michael Doody, an inmate in Clogheen Workhouse in 1848 which is a fascinating first hand account of life inside this building.
Overall workhouses had a huge impact in every community across Ireland during the late 1840s. The shocking statistic that one in three people who perished in the Famine (over 300,000 people) died in workhouses highlights their importance in the story of the Great Hunger. Richard Burke's experiences in Clogheen give us a greater understanding of why they were so important not only in this town but across ireland.
The next patrons-only podcast will focus on a fascinating murder mystery that relates to todays show. This will be exclusively available on www.patreon.com/irishpodcast.
For Further reading I recommend Edmund O'Riordain's book The Famine in the Valley which is available for free online.
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| 0:57.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. My name is Finn Dwyer and this is |
| 1:06.1 | tyranny, cruelty and inhumanity, surviving the workhouse, |
| 1:10.3 | the famine in Clauhine, Part 2. |
| 1:13.2 | This episode returns to the south tipperary town of Clauhine. |
| 1:17.1 | Following from Part 1, which looked at the conflict that erupted in Clauhine during the famine, |
| 1:21.7 | today the focus is on |
| 1:23.2 | Clahine workhouse where much of the story of the great hunger played out. |
| 1:27.6 | The shocking statistic that one in three Irish people who perished in the famine, that's over 300,000 people, died in these buildings, |
| 1:37.2 | reinforces their importance in the story. |
| 1:40.0 | Now there's already been one episode on Workhouses earlier in the series, but this show will deepen our understanding by focusing in on in Klaheen. The episode also takes us through early 1849 when Ireland faces a new threat, the onslaught of cholera. |
| 1:58.1 | Our journey through the late 1840s in today's episode follows the life of a pretty forgotten individual called Richard Burke, whose |
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