On the historic context for the Great Famine of Ireland
Channel: Slugger O'Toole
Date: 2023-05-02

Mick's interview by Mark Simpson on BBCNI's Nolan radio show, in which he talks about the immediate political context of the failure of the potato crop and how Sir Charles Trevelyan's controversial handling of famine relief and protection of exports was ultimately conditioned by the mercantiist politics of John Russell's Whigs supported by anti Peelite Tories.