The Road to Black '47 - The History Behind The Movie | The Great Famine XXIV
This week sees the launch of the movie Black '47 & my return to the Great Famine series.So whether you want to find out the history behind the movie or catch up on the series to date this is podcast f...
5 Sep 201838min
The Mulranny Police Conspiracy
The Mulranny Police Conspiracy is a little-known story that took place in the west of Ireland at the turn of the 20th century. The setting is Mulranny – a stunning village along the Wild Atlantic Way ...
20 Aug 201834min
The Iniskea Island Mysteries?
The Iniskea Islands are among the most remote places in Ireland. Although deserted today, throughout the 19th century the lives of the islanders were the source of bizarre rumours. Numerous outsiders ...
30 Juli 201830min
The Massacre of Wildgoose Lodge
In the 1830s the British politican George Lewis described the fate of an informer in ireland as a man "doomed to certain death....he would be hunted through the country like a mad dog every hand would...
4 Juli 201831min
Did The Famine Drive Irish People Insane? | The Great Famine XXIII
Did the experiences of the Famine drive Irish people insane?In this episode I look at the story of the famine survivor John Thompson who ended up in the Rainhill asylum in Lancashire in the 1860s. In ...
28 Maj 201826min
The US Civil War and The Great Famine
The Great Hunger is not something we associate with war and certainly not wars in other countries. However the Famine is inextricably linked to the story of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Around ...
8 Maj 201841min
The Famine Irish in The USA - A Promised Land? | The Great Famine XXII
After Ireland, no country was more affected by the Great Famine than the USA. Millions of Irish people emigrated to the United States during and after the Great Famine. This is their story. Through th...
21 Apr 201845min
American Wakes, Coffin Ships and Canada | The Great Famine XXI
Coffin Ships are one of the most enduring images from the Great Famine. This was the name given to the boats that carried Irish Famine emigrants to North America in 1847. This sinister title comes fro...
29 Mars 201833min
