Country: Ireland
Year: 25.3.1992
Dur: 27.53
First in a four part series tracing the events that became known as The Great Famine. “In all countries paupers may be discovered, but an entire nation of paupers is what never was seen until it was shown in Ireland”. Gustave de Beaumont was one of many who commented on the severe state of Ireland in the 19th century.
Other titles in this series:
Ref No 323 Causes of Poverty
Ref No 324 The Irish Holocaust
Ref No 325 Mamaging the Famine
Ref No 326 The Exodus
Also See:
Ref No 386 When Ireland Starved