The Great Starvation

A compilation of facts about the tragic Irish Famine of the Mid 19th Century, brought to stark reality with pictures of the horror and suffering of the Irish population ...with accompaniment of a plaintive traditional Irish air (She moved through the fair) sung in chant like fashion by Tarny Reilly....capturing the mood of one of the saddest times in the history of the great island of Ireland.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Famine
• Potato blight
• Deportation
• Emigration
• suffering
• hunger
• Irish diaspora
• renewal

[tiddlethepipes]

Flamorgan ...I toally accept what you say and it is another part of the answer to the WHY as posed in the presentation...thank you for your contribution....Pat

[MsCelia50]

My parents were from Cruit Island - Donegal. From the research I've done so far It looks like most of my family stayed in and around that area. I assume during the famine that was where they were. I can remember visiting every summer over the 1950's / 60's and it was subsistence farming then so what it would be like in the mid 1800's tells me I come from hardy stock. Regards Celia

[tiddlethepipes]

@MsCelia50 Hi Celia .....there is a repot of the great famine reproduced with permission of the

"Donegal historical society" on the effect of the famine in the Rosses area particularly in relation to the islands, ....Hope it is of some help to you in your search.......all the best Pat

[MsCelia50]

Hi there,

I'm compiling my family tree at the moment and it struck me when I came across my great great grandmother who was 84 in 1901 that she would somehow have survived the famine. This was certainly a life not for the feint hearted. Celia

[tiddlethepipes]

@MsCelia50

Hi Celia....Thank you for your interest in my video....It would seem that your great grandmother was one of the

lucky and obviously plucky people who survived those terrible times.....What part of Ireland did your great

grandmother hail from?......All the best, Pat

[camdencaller]

all of this not so long ago, well done Tiddle. Very lonely feel to it all. love

the singing.

[tiddlethepipes]

Thanks ...the chant style of the singing helps add to the loneliness..TDP

[partymad1]

good help us :(...............

[MsCelia50]

Thank you Flamorgan fishing may very well have made the difference to their survival.

Regards

Celia

[johnthecount1]

Thank You Pat for your generous comments on my short piece on the Famine, I was disappointed that when I uploaded the piece it got a big black border around and about it. 'Full Screen' it does not look anything like the original production. I took me ten years to create as I had to go to 'Matlock in Derby to do the train secquence. The reprise section is a comment on some members of my own family ; A sort of sub plot if you wish while using the IFSC Monument as a centre point.

[SuperAntares1966]

the british assholes have caused this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[beyondorganicjim]

The potato blight struck in 1845 - not 1841.Your lack of accuracy is insulting to the memory of the famine victims.