Acknowledgements
I would like to say a thank you to my supervisor Nora Ní Fhlatharta for her advice and support for this project, the Limerick Institute of Technology library staff, the students, staff and parents at Gaelscoil Dr. Uí Shúilleabháin Skibbereen for their contribution to this documentary, Terri Kearney and all the staff from Skibbereen Heritage Centre, Gearld O Brien and the other members of Skibbereen and District Historical Society, Maura Cahalane and Maureen Crowley in particular for assisting me in contacting members of the society, Orlaith Brennan for her assistance in the making of this documentary and to my family for all the help and support throughout this project.
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The research behind this Thesis is to find out exactly why the town of Skibbereen, located in the South
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Terri Kearney of Skibbereen Heritage Centre, shares information about why Skibbereen was so synonymous with the Great Famine. This was essentially due to the power of media. This proves that although not ‘going viral’ in hours, the media was still a very powerful resource. Although a much slower convention of spreading the word, the 1800’s saw the topic of the Great Famine, and its effect on Ireland, Skibbereen in particular, become a global topic of issue.
A local Historian, and member of The Skibbereen and District Historical Society, Gerald O Brien speaks about why Ireland suffered so badly because of political conflict and how the English Rule and the “Poor Law” dramatically effected the statistics of unnecessary mortality in the country at the time. He speaks about how rural Ireland relied solely on farming produce and although the potatoes crop had failed, there was food available in the area, the only problem was that it wasn’t for the