Survival

Crossover Week: Natural Disasters (Potato Famine Pt. 2)

04.13.2020 - By Spotify StudiosPlay

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If you enjoy the true stories told in Survival, check out this episode from our series Natural Disasters: By the late 1840s, with no end in sight to the potato famine gripping Ireland and no help coming from the British government, the Irish people were left with few options. Forced to choose between dire workhouses or leaving the country, there was no easy solution to ending their hunger.

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