Allocation of individual blame for Great Famine a complex issue

Published: May 2, 2023, 3:02 p.m.

You might remember that BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan quit her job to become a slavery reparations campaigner. She\u2019s the great, great, great, granddaughter of Lord Charles Trevelyan. Her family have already given more than \xa3100,000 to the Caribbean island of Grenada to compensate for her ancestors\u2019 role in the slave trade, and yesterday she was asked if they should also be giving money to Ireland because of his handling of the Irish famine. \n\nSean was joined by Liam Kennedy, Professor of History, Queen\u2019s University Belfast and the author of The Death Census of Black \u201947 to discuss...