The Great Irish Famine

Name: The Great Irish Famine
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996

1996· 1h 26m

Documentary

Directed by Pete Lawrence

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Overview

This documentary examines the Irish famine of 1845, caused by a blight that devastated the potato crop, the main source of food for the poor in rural Ireland.

Cast

Peter Gallagher

narrator

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