The Great Irish Famine (1996)
85 min
This documentary examines the Irish famine of 1845, caused by a blight that devastated the potato crop, the main source of food for the poor in rural Ireland.
- Release date
- January 1, 1996
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Cormac Ó'Gráda as Self
- Cormac Ó'Gráda as Prof. Economic History
- Christine Kinealy as Self
- Christine Kinealy as Historian
- Seamus Caulfield as Self
- Seamus Caulfield as Archaeologist
- Patrick Cleary as Self
- Mary Daly as Self
- Mary Daly as Prof. History
- Earl of Rosse as Self
- Padraig O. Fiannachta as Self
- Padraig O. Fiannachta as Canon
- Ian Gibson
- Thomas Gielty as Self
- Patrick Hickey as Self
- Patrick Hickey as Frater
Crew
- Pete Lawrence · Director
- John Percival · Producer
- Mark Garrett · Cinematographer
- Eric Gillespie · Cinematographer
- Declan Byrne · Editor
- Dolores Shields · Editor