The Irish Famine set to 'The Pogues' - Thousands are Sailing

A short film about emigration from Ireland due to the potato famine. The film is set to The Pogues song - Thousands are sailing

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Pogues
• Thousands
• Are
• Sailing
• Emigration
• Ireland
• Potato
• Famine
• Ship
• Irish
• Eviction
• America
• Britain
• Liverpool
• Belfast

[tremur1]

In addition, Catholics (Irish) could not vote, hold an office, purchase land, join the army, or engage in commerce. Simply put, the British turned the Irish into nothing better than slaves, subsisting on their small rented farms

[NSW2101]

The Irish Holocaust.. Historians call it a Famine ?? Yeahh Right.. As has been written there was in fact plenty of food in Ireland other than rotten potatoes and the British Government of that time did nothing to stop the starvation based on sheer poverty.. So much for a British Empire of Riches. The Irish natives were deliberately starved to kill as many as possible as was part of the then British Government policy..

that is a fact..

[twinflame1000]

Well I was born in Britain; emigrated to Canada but lived in England for a yr. in 1977 & I recall how I couldn't go over to Ireland for a holiday as the War was still going on.....since reading a great deal in regard to this famine I feel terrible how the Brits treated the Irish....I have always thought the Brits were arrogant & have gone sticking their noses in all over this World.....really sorry for what the Irish went thru.

[Jennylovessheba]

@NSW2101 yep Thats what the brit forget to tell everyone! there was food bein shipped in an effort to help the Irish but of course the british landowners rode up with their centries and raided the boats taking the food for themselves. Did you know that some Irishland lords ceased to charge rent during the famine, But the british did not even lower the rent! Just for the record, NOT ONE British person in ireland during this time died of hunger or hunger related desease!

[yvbillard]

... and nowadays how is it to immigrate from third world to The First one ????

... This time is coming back to Europe and the only way to leave is COMMUNIST REVOLUTION ... and we must not trust any longer to social-democracy !!! That means social-betrayal ...

[ArtetlaMusique87]

Good on the Quakers, and also In 1847, midway through the so called Irish famine, a group of Choctaw Indians collected $710 and sent it to help starving Irish men, women and children too.

[afertyus1000]

@thevster1603 ha well it was financial reasons his other family moved to the US for the same reasons,i suppose it was the way he was brought up and learnt from others

[afertyus1000]

@thevster1603 my dad came to the uk from Eire in the 40s and always hated the english!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[michaelafromBOSSTOWN]

That was eyeopening great job.

[teevanjohn]

potatoes never stoped growing fact ! it was the people who ran us from our homes

[paddyboyful]

remember where we come from,tell our kid's,move on ,no hate.

[tinmccool]

@tinmccool Here my erudite delusional misguided son, have a look at 'Hitchens, religion', he puts it much more eloquently then me