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The Great Frost of 1740: Ireland's Forgotten Famine
When we speak of famine in Ireland, we speak of the Great Hunger of the 1840s. But sixty years earlier, a deep freeze ripped through the island, killing hundreds of thousands in what became known as the Great Frost of 1740. Triggered by a volcanic eruption in Iceland, the weather turned brutally cold, and then the rains failed. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the social and political conditions that turned a severe winter into a catastrophe: the role of the Penal Laws, the export of grain while people starved, and the desperate measures taken by a church that was itself outlawed. They…
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