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Podcast: Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Episode: Conway Mill | Famine | Bono
Description: Conway Mill – 40th birthdayConway Mill has been at the heart of west Belfast for over almost 200 years. First as a hard place of work for generations of local people, mainly women, and then as a community hub providing education and employment opportunities. Last week the Mill celebrated its 40th birthday promoting, supporting and facilitating small indigenous economic enterprises, and providing adult education facilitiesFamineThe history of An Gorta Mór – the Great Hunger – runs deep in the Irish psyche. Few have not read of or heard about the unimaginable horror that the peo...