Surviving the Irish famine. One man's fight to save his family from starvation. 

Great man. What kind of idiot would give a thumbs down?

He never gave up on his wife and children such lovely ending to this story ❤

People still call it a famine, it was ethnic cleansing. A hard but beautiful story.

What a loyal and determined father and husband… can you imagine sitting down with the two of them?… the tails they would have. It’s incredible they lived into their eighties too.

Such a privileged history we share

Makes me cry 😢😢

My Kiwi boyfriend with irish roots showed me this. He is very proud to be irish 🇮🇪💚🇮🇪💚

Before you watch this beautiful story its about Ireland my home country so please have some respect for familys passed away🕯🕯🕯 thanks too the British....so if anyone has nottin nice too say please say nottin at all move on🇮🇪☘💚🙏🕯rest in peace angels never forgotten 🌠

Sláinte from Serbia! Thank you for sharing these stories with us. We can't read any of it in the books or learn it in the school, thank you so much!

What a fantastic and extraordinary story, wonderfully narrated, it personifies the innate Irish nature of love, courage, passion and determination. My belief is that anyone who is truly Irish, either born there or with strong roots, are part of one big family. The inter-connectivity between Irish families are astonishing. In a small way my own Irish family would have contributed to this fascinating story, because a distant relative was instrumental in founding the Roman Catholic community in Australia. He had been transported to Australia some years earlier, having taken part in the United Irishman Rebellion. But he was more closely associated with the building of St Marys Cathedral, but could well have had some involvement with St Andrews Church too.

Sad but lovely story.

So very proud of my irish heritage XXX 💕💕💕

Really enjoyed that ,human endurance in terrible circumstances.

Thanks so much for uploading these stories. So enjoyable . Please keep it up much appreciated Regards Declan

This is fantastic stuff, please keep the irish theme going. Story's like this and your previous video need to be told. I could watch this all day long.

God love the Irish 💚🇮🇪

Great Story Al. Love it.

What a wonderful but truly sad story.

What an amazing story and courageous man, thank you for telling his story. The poetic justice of taking the silver from Ventry to get to the US. I don't say 'stealing' as he would have been entitled to cart the whole house away (and then some) if he could have done! Having spent time in Ventry and Dingle, a question: why didn't they change the name of the village back to whatever it was prior to 'Ventry'? It seems a crime to have such a hideous family memorialised in the village name.

Amazing story, thanks so much for sharing it.

Amazing story! Thank you!

That story has everything thank you for sharing it with us..

Great story telling.

Nice video bruh

And they wonder why we drink.....

My ancestors survived the Patoto famine by the help of a Maryland industrialist, by the name of Arnold. He had an iron works in Mt. Savage MD. He hired Irish Catholic immigrants to work during the Patoto famine. As the family store goes, my great-grandfather, John, (who was 5 at the time) was taken to Mt. Savage by his grandfather. The rest of the family couldn't come, because the grandfather could only take John. John grew up in Mt. Savage, and became a Black Smith. It is unclear whether he fought in the Civil War. He could have been exempt because he was an iron worker, or he could have fought for the Confederacy. The family never said. He started a successful Black Smith Shop and raised a family in Pittsburgh.

Love conquers all ❤️☘️

Someone make a movie about him

It was not an gorta mor or beag it was a genocide. A systematic killing, torturing and enslavement of the Irish. Wake up because it ain't ancient history neither, tis happening right now.

where is the picture of the family at 7:03 from? It's important to me. Please.

WOW////