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' THE GREAT HUNGER '

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The story of famine in Ireland, from the failure of the potato crop in 1845 to the mass evictions of 1847-8 Written and produced by David Thomson

Contributors

Produced By:
David Thomson
Martin Farrel:
Cyril Cusack
Moira, his wife:
Betty Chancellor
Sarah Mahon:
Mary O'Farrell
Gombeen man:
Tommy Duggan
The Diarist:
Susan Richards
Sir Robert Peel:
Howieson Culff
Lord John Russell:
Ian Sadler
Tom Glancy:
Harry Hutchinson

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