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75 The Great Hunger - An Gorta Mór, County Cork
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In this episode a dark shadow falls across all of Ireland. A time of unimaginable pain and suffer, which has caused a deep wound between the British Isles ever after. It is known as An Gorta Mor or The Great Hunger. For years starvation stalked the land and over a million people died of hunger as ships fully laden and brimming with food left the Irish ports.
Standing on the edge of a mass grave in Skibbereen Cemetery Neil comes face to face with the human tragedy.
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