On this episode the presenters are joined by Dr. Pádraig Lenihan to discuss population changes in Ireland in the Early – Modern period. Dr. Lenihan discusses the Plantations, the Cromwellian Reconquest, Scottish migration during the Williamite era, the famine of 1740 – 41 and the Great Famine of 1845 to 52. http://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/history.radio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IrishHistoryShow22.mp3Podcast: Play …
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