The Famine and ‘front-line workers’

Sir,—Your review of The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (‘Seen on TV’, HI 29.2, March/April 2021) concentrated mainly on how the story was presented. This excellent documentary necessarily presents a broad-brushstroke account of a complex situation. The wider public appreciation of the history of the Great Famine is often obscured by an emotive ... Read more

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