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Teampeailin Ban Listowel Famine Burial Ground Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show

Teampeailin Ban Listowel Famine Burial Ground Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show

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In this episode Danny Houlihan travels out from his research base on the Shannon to the quiet secluded grave yard of Teampeaillin Ban Listowel County Kerry.

It was here during the Great Irish Famine or Holocaust of 1846 and Black 1847 thousands were buried here a sad reminder of the areas history. The deaths were massive in the area of North Kerry during the period and the landscape lost its people culture and its precious Irish language. Danny explores the area and again weaves a history and a Story of an area of North Kerry often forgotten in the history books.

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