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  2. Arracht - Wikipedia

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    Arracht (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaɾˠəxt̪ˠ]; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. [1] It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [2]

  3. Black '47 (film) - Wikipedia

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    Set in Connemara during the Great Irish Famine, the film follows an Irish Catholic soldier who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he deserts his regiment to reunite with his family. The title is taken from the most devastating year of the famine, 1847, which is referred to as "Black '47".

  4. Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]

  5. List of films set in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Ek Tha Tiger (2012) - Bollywood movie; a song was shot in Dublin's Trinity College; Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) - Skellig Michael County Kerry; A Dark Song (2016) - Horror Film set mostly in Wales but shot in Ireland; Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - Cliffs of Moher Death star wreckage scenes

  6. 1830 in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    July – potato crop failure the previous year leads to widespread famine. Food riots in Limerick and Leitrim. August – first Dublin Horse Show. November – Ribbonmen attack an Orange band, puncturing some of their drums. The Orangemen retaliate by burning the Catholic village of Maghery, County Armagh, to the ground. [2] Undated

  7. Chronology of the Great Famine - Wikipedia

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    An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine. The chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, lit. ' The Bad Life ') documents a period of Irish history between 29 November 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent. [3]

  8. Alexis Soyer - Wikipedia

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    He took a keen interest in public health, and when the Irish potato famine struck in the 1840s he went to Dublin and set up a soup kitchen that could feed 1,000 people an hour; he published recipes for inexpensive and nutritious food and developed cheaper alternatives to bread. He left the Reform in 1850 and tried to establish himself ...

  9. The Fields of Athenry - Wikipedia

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    "The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay.

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