When Ireland Starved

Causes of Poverty (1x1)

Air date: Mar 25, 1992

First in a four part series tracing the events that became known as The Great Famine. “In all countries paupers may be discovered, but an entire nation of paupers is what never was seen until it was shown in Ireland”. Gustave de Beaumont was one of many who commented on the severe state of Ireland in the 19th century.