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Nov 25, 2008 · Death or Canada: Directed by Ruán Magan. With Anthony Murphy, Rose Conway, Brian Dennehy, Lee Samuel Wilson. Death or Canada is the tragic and true story of one family's epic journey to Canada fleeing the ravages of the Irish famine in 1847.
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- Ruán Magan
- 2008-11-25
Documentary. Cast. Anthony Murphy (John Willis) Rose Conway (Mary Willis) Brian Dennehy (Narrator) Lee Samuel Wilson (John B. Townsend) Director. Ruán Magan. Synopsis. Death or Canada is the...
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Mar 5, 2010 · Death or Canada follows the journey of one family who left Ireland in the worst year of the famine to come to the new world in search of a better life. In the summer of 1847, with U.S. ports...
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May 19, 2023 · Death or Canada. The feature length film “Death or Canada” tells the story of Irish immigration to Toronto during the summer of 1847. The potato famine raging in Ireland caused thousands to leave their homeland for North America. Many ships landed in Toronto during that summer with scores of passengers sick with typhus.
Death or Canada, as narrated by Brian Dennehy, follows the Protestant Willis family from the west of Ireland as they flee to Canada in the Spring of 1847 at the height of An Gorta Mór or the Great Hunger. The family ultimately arrives in the young city of Toronto, which is overrun by a deluge of 40 000 Irish famine refugees.