Danny Healy-Rae: I said 1740, not 1840
Danny Healy-Rae corrects the historical reference and clarifies that he meant the 1740 famine, not 1840. He says the 1740 famine was caused by two years of continuous rain and that the failure of a single crop did not alone decimate the population.
Danny Healy-Rae begins by asking for the record to be corrected, insisting the issue was not a 'bit of rain' and that the cause of the 1740 famine was prolonged wet weather. He distinguishes that event from the later potato-related famine.
Healy-Rae states there were two famines and that the second one was linked to potato failure. He stresses that the 1740 crisis followed two years when it 'never stopped raining' and that blaming a single failed crop is inaccurate.
Healy-Rae closes by reinforcing the factual correction and thanking viewers. The brief statement focuses on precise dates and causes to correct public understanding of those historical famines.
Clarification of the record
Danny Healy-Rae begins by asking for the record to be corrected, insisting the issue was not a 'bit of rain' and that the cause of the 1740 famine was prolonged wet weather. He distinguishes that event from the later potato-related famine.
What he says about the famines
Healy-Rae states there were two famines and that the second one was linked to potato failure. He stresses that the 1740 crisis followed two years when it 'never stopped raining' and that blaming a single failed crop is inaccurate.
Why it matters
Healy-Rae closes by reinforcing the factual correction and thanking viewers. The brief statement focuses on precise dates and causes to correct public understanding of those historical famines.
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Transcript
Chapter Healy Ray should correct the record, that it wasn't a bit of rain that caused the famine. The failure of one crop didn't cause the famine that decimated our population. I'm sorry, I must clarify this. I said 1740, not 1840. There was two famines. There was one, the second one that you're talking about by the potatoes. But the 1740 famine was created by two years, it never stopped raining. Those are the facts and that's the truth. Thank you for watching.