We’re back! In our 28th episode, we investigate the man who led the horrible English response to the Irish Great Famine and how his actions harmed Ireland, even to this day.

Sources

• Coogan, Tim Pat. The Famine Plot: England’s Role in Ireland’s Greatest Tragedy. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2012.
• Donnelly, James. The Great Irish Potato Famine. Sutton Publishing, London, 2005.
• Gallagher, Thomas. Paddy’s Lament, 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Orlando, 1987.
• Kelly, John. The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2012.
• Martin, Francis and Moody, Theodore, Ed. The Course of Irish History (5th edition). Mercier Press, Cork, 2011.
• Murchadha, Ciaran. The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony 1845-1852. Continuum, London, 2011. 
• O’Grada, Cormac. Black ’47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 1999.
• Woodham-Smith, Cecil. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849. Harper & Row, New York, 1962.

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