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The Great Hunger in Dublin | The Great Famine XII
The Great Hunger in Dublin | The Great Famine XII
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Aug 14, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Dublin is often forgotten in the story of the Great Famine. While death rates in the capital were not as severe as the west of Ireland, the city suffered nevertheless. The show follows the story of the Mulherins, a family who fled famine in their home in Co Leitrim and settled in the Smithfield - Stoneybatter area of Dublin. They quickly found life in the capital city was very different but not necessarily easier...The show also looks at life in one of the city workhouses and how prostitution increased dramatically during the late 1840s.****Become a patron of the show today and get the 78 minute audiobook of An Emigrants Narrative. This is the first time this fascinating personal account written by William Smith in 1850 has been released on audio. Smith crossed the Atlantic with Irish emigrants in the winter of 1847 and his account is an amazing insight into what our ancestors endured.You can get this today at www.patreon.com/irishpodcast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Aug 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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