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St Patricks Day in Black '47 | The Great Famine XX
St Patricks Day in Black '47 | The Great Famine XX
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
As people across the world prepare to mark St Patrick's day this podcast looks what at happened on St Patricks Day during the worst year of the Great Famine. Celebrations were not cancelled but on a day supposed to celebrat all things Irish, events in Dublin revealed there were two very different Irelands in that year. While one half of the city starved the other half planned a party....My Dublin Famine Tour launches this Sunday. Book you place now at www.Dublinfaminetour.ie As people across the world mark St Patrick's day this podcast looks what at happened in Dublin on St Patricks Day during the worst year of the Great Famine. Celebrations were not cancelled but on a day supposed to celebrate all things Irish, events in Dublin revealed there were two very different Irelands in that year. While one half of the city starved the other half planned a party....My Dublin Famine Tour launches this Sunday. Book you place now at www.Dublinfaminetour.ie For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Mar 16, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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