When Ireland Starved: An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine

tv show

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4 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired March 25, 1992

Overview

A four-part series tracing the sequence of events that became known as the Great Irish Famine.

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Managing the Famine

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 0h 29m

Air Date

April 08, 1992

Overview

John Mitchell claimed that during all the Famine years, Ireland actually produced sufficient food, wool, and the flax to feed and clothe not nine but eighteen million people. Was the Irish Famine the result of mismanagement?