Documentary on Ireland’s Great Hunger to be premiered Nov. 10 at Quinnipiac University

Documentary on Ireland’s Great Hunger to be premiered Nov. 10 at Quinnipiac University

Posted by JOHN MORGAN, Community Contributor

Rebecca Abbott of Hamden, a professor in the department of film, television and media arts at Quinnipiac University, is the co-producer of the documentary, "Ireland's Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora."

Rebecca Abbott of Hamden, a professor in the department of film, television and media arts at Quinnipiac University, is the co-producer of the documentary, "Ireland's Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora." (Posted by JOHN MORGAN, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor JOHN MORGAN

The documentary, "Ireland's Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora," will be premiered from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Mount Carmel Auditorium in the Center for Communications andEngineering at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Ave. The viewing, sponsored by Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac, is free and open to the public.

"I feel the documentary will help viewers develop a deeper understanding of a major, tragic event in world history," said Rebecca Abbott, who co-produced the documentary. "I hope by getting a better understanding of the historical, cultural and political events leading up to and surrounding the Great Hunger, audiences will begin to see how this understanding can give insight into events taking place today."

Abbott, who filmed and edited the documentary, and co-producer Liam O'Brien, are both professors in the department of film, television and media arts at Quinnipiac.

The 50-minute documentary, narrated by actor Gabriel Byrne, explores not just the potato crop failure that led