Irish History for Everyone
The Great Hunger/Famine - an Gorta Mór 1845–1852
Mon, Nov 08
|Online via Zoom
Four Mondays in November (except November 15) and December 6th. The event that most influenced the migration of Irish people to the US was the avoidable disaster in the 1840's that we refer to as the Great Hunger/Famine. Irish America is built on that disaster and the ensuing depopulation.


Time & Location
Nov 08, 2021, 7:30 PM EST – Dec 06, 2021, 9:00 PM EST
Online via Zoom
About the Event
In the past two centuries no event has shaped the Ireland of today more than the Great Hunger/Famine of 1845 - 1852. No event stirs the emotions of Irish people more. No other event demonstrates so clearly the failure of British colonial policy in Ireland.
The great hunger/famine was the direct result of colonial policies that began with the destruction of Gaelic Ireland in the period 1540 to 1603.
This was followed by the Cromwellian settlement of the 1650's, the military defeat of Catholic Ireland in the 1690's, and the subsequent imposition of Penal Laws for the suppression of the Gaelic people of Ireland. After three hundred years of conquest and destruction, millions of Irish people were reduced to destitution, poverty, illiteracy, and were made dependent on the potato by British government policy and landlord greed.
John Mitchell in his famous writing “The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)” describes the…
Schedule
1 hour 30 minutesAn Gorta Mor/The Great Hunger-Famine - Week 1
1 hour 30 minutesAn Gorta Mor/The Great Hunger-Famine - Week 2
Tickets
General Ticket
$80.00
+$2.00 ticket service fee
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