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The Great Famine: An Gorta Mór 1845-1852
In this episode, we explore the Great Famine (An Gorta Mór) that devastated Ireland from 1845 to 1852. A million people died of starvation and disease, and another million fled in coffin ships across the Atlantic. We trace the origins in the potato's near-total dominance, the arrival of the blight Phytophthora infestans, and the British government's response—from Sir Robert Peel's Corn Law repeal to Lord John Russell's laissez-faire ideology embodied in Charles Trevelyan. We discuss the workhouses, the soup kitchens, the evictions, and the tragedy of Ballinglass. The…
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