The Great Hunger of the late 1840s devastated Ireland and had a profound impact on the wider world. Around 10% of the population perished from hunger and disease, while a further 10% fled into exile to escape the famine at home. The Irish population in Britain doubled between 1841 and 1861. By 1900, two in every five Irish people were living overseas.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, this remains one of the most contested chapters in Irish history. In this presentation Fin Dwyer tackles the history of this most difficult chapter in Anglo-Irish history. Was it a famine or a genocide of the Irish people? Was it different from the other famines that were a feature of life in British colonies during the Victorian era?<\/p>\n
He will explore how it affected Ireland, asking what role the British Government played and how wider British society reacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Great Hunger of the late 1840s devastated Ireland and had a profound impact on the wider world. Around 10% of the population perished from hunger and disease, while a further 10% fled into exile to escape the famine at home. The Irish population in Britain doubled between 1841 and 1861. By 1900, two in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[431],"tags":[2006,1481,2002,2003,2005,553,2004],"class_list":["post-23350","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry","category-colonialism","tag-anglo-irish","tag-britain","tag-famine","tag-genocide","tag-great-hunger","tag-ireland","tag-potato"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n