The Great Famine and Irish Politics - A Lecture by Professor Peter Gray

This lecture is the fifth in a six-part series exploring Irish history from the Plantation of Ulster to Partition, organised to mark the 250th anniversary of Armagh Robinson Library, Northern Ireland's oldest public library. It considers 'The Great Famine and Irish politics', including Daniel O'Connell and Young Ireland. The speaker, Professor Peter Gray, is Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. The lecture was organised by Armagh Robinson Library, working in collaboration with Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and part-financed by the NI Executive Office. The Library is also grateful for support from the Northern Ireland Museums Council through its 'Museums Connect' programme. The first lecture in the series (focusing on the establishment of Ulster's Plantation towns) can be viewed here:    • 'The Establishment of Ulster's Plantation ...   The second lecture in the series (focusing on the period from the 1641 Rising to the Restoration in 1660) can be viewed here:    • 'From the 1641 Rising to the Restoration' ...   The third lecture in the series (focusing on the Williamite-Jacobite War, 1689-91) can be viewed here:    • The Williamite-Jacobite War, 1689-91 - A L...   The fourth lecture in the series (focusing on Ulster in the 1770s-1790s) can be viewed here:    • Revolutionary Ulster, c.1770-1800 - A lect...