The short documentary was devised and produced by Transition Year Students from St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Co. Offaly during a three day workshop with Michael Fortune in January 2014. ...
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Forgotten Famine People of the Queen’s County: 1845 – 1850 Portlaoise College TY class of 2014 are proud to present a documentary film that rolls back the mists of time and tells the tragic story of the Great Famine in Laois. In August 1845, potato blight struck Ireland, and the most devastating famine of modern times began. Laois, then...
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