The Old Galway Diary Podcast - Episode 91 - Starvation Riots 1842 and Irish Famine 1817

In this episode, Tom is looking at starvation riots in 1842, during the famine there were riots lead by women and children where they raided the potato stores. The women and children were backed by the Claddagh fishermen. Ronnie is also looking at hunger also, he's looking at the famine in 1817.

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