. Irish Famine

Liane Hansen speaks with Irish Minister of State Avril Doyle nd Kevin Whelan, visiting professor of history at Notre Dame University, who re currently giving a lecture tour in the U.S. on the Great Irish Famine of 845-49. In the midst of the most advanced empire in the world at the time, more han a million Irish died and almost two million more were forced to emigrate in rder to survive. Most of the latter came to the United States, where they had a rofound affect on this country.