Most people know the story of the Irish Famine—but few realize that millions of those emigrants were funneled through one specific region for one specific geographic reason. Welcome to County Cork and its drowned river valley. Today, it’s a bustling city; but for decades, it was the 'gateway of tears' for a nation in flight. So why did this geographic q…
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