Before the Hunger | The Irish Famine (Part 1)
A boy at the edge of famine-era Ireland. A world about to break. Archibald MacKenzie is 11 years old in Coolderrihy, County Cork, when the world he knows suddenly shifts. Joined by Irish genealogy expert Fiona Fitzsimons, host and genealogist Jen Baldwin traces the records that reveal what life looked like for a boy…
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