BBC journalist faces calls to address ancestor’s role in the Irish famine
The journalist’s four-times great-grandfather was Sir Charles Trevelyan, who is referenced in ‘The Fields of Athenry’. The family of BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has apologised for the role its ancestors played in slavery in Granada, with the reporter donating £100,000 in reparations to the country. However, the move has led to calls for the journalist […]
3 years ago
Met Éireann issue yet another warning over potato blight
What is this, a Marita Conlon McKenna book? That’s right, the blight is back. Again. And we don’t just mean again as in this is what caused The Great Famine (though it is), we mean that it has become a regular occurrence throughout 2018 as well. In the last two months, Met Éireann has issued […]
8 years ago
British viewers were stunned by the portrayal of the Famine in this week’s Victoria episode
“The ignorance in the U.K of what happened in the Famine is shocking.”
9 years ago