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When Ireland starved

Title: When Ireland starved [videorecording] / A Radharc Films production for Radio Telefís Éireann ; written and directed by Joseph Dunn.
Publication: [Dublin, Ireland] : Radharc Films ; Bronx, N.Y. : Irish Visions USA, [1994?], c1992.

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Description

1 videocassette (112 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Using a combination of period artists' renderings, readings from eye witness accounts and statements by political leaders, and modern day location shots, this film documents the abject poverty of the Irish under British rule and the devastating consequences wrought by the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1850.

Alternative Title

When Ireland starved : the great famine

Subjects

Famines > Ireland
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852
Ireland > History > 1837-1901
Ireland > Economic conditions > 19th century
Documentary films

System Details (note)

VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-1429

OCLC

33118948

Title

When Ireland starved [videorecording] / A Radharc Films production for Radio Telefís Éireann ; written and directed by Joseph Dunn.

Imprint

[Dublin, Ireland] : Radharc Films ; Bronx, N.Y. : Irish Visions USA, [1994?], c1992.

System Details

VHS.

Performer

Presenter, Peter Kelly.

Added Author

Dunn, Joseph.

Radharc Films.

Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

Irish Visions USA.

Note

Title on container: When Ireland starved : the great famine

Research Call Number

*UGS-1429 [Video]

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