Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Famine to Freedom: The Great Irish Journey

Famine to Freedom: The Great Irish Journey

In this program, an archaeological dig in Ireland and a genealogical investigation in America are linked by family ties to the Neary family, 19th-century tenant farmers in Ballykilcline. Senator Ted Kennedy, archaeologist Charles Orser, and others sift through Ireland’s history to shed light on the catastrophic potato famine; provide an unvarnished account of the mass exodus through which America ultimately gained so much; and break, at last, the "great silence" surrounding the Neary rent strike that put a match to the powder keg of Irish unrest under English rule. A Discovery Channel Production. (52 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33142
Copyright date: ©2003
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9062-4


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