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The Great Famine: Ireland’s Darkest Chapter (Part 1)

One million died, two million fled during the Great Famine, Ireland’s darkest chapter.

One million people died. Two million emigrated. The Great Irish Famine was the world turned upside down. The darkest chapter in Ireland's past.

It is not solely Ireland's history to bear. This is a piece of British history as well, one which needs to be faced. What really happened in the Great Irish Famine?

Written by Anthony Delaney with special guest Professor Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University.

Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Charlotte Long and Freddy Chick.

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37 minutes