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Podcast: Irish History Podcast
Episode: Our Darkest Hour? The Forgotten Famine of 1847-48 | The Great Famine XXVI
Description: Many histories of the Great Hunger refer to the famine ending in 1847. It is true that the famine did start to ease in some parts of the island in the following years.However in the west the catastrophe was far from over - some of the darkest chapters lay ahead as 1847 drew to a close.This episode focuses in on one area – Clifden in Co Galway where the famine in 1848 was arguably even worse than it had been during Black ’47. This show also looks at who was responsible, how the British Government created the illusion (that...