Irish Famine / Gail Seekamp & Pierce Feiritear

In 1845 the potato crops in Ireland failed, destroyed by a virulent blight. This started six years of periodic blight and poor crop yields, starvation and disease. A tragedy for Ireland's poor, who lived almost entirely on potatoes, the Irish Famine killed a million people and caused two million more to emigrate. This survey of the years of human suffering gives a thoughtful account of the historical events that changed Ireland for ever.