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Watch: Jeremy Irons gives Oscar-worthy recital of letter sent by Cork man during famine

A powerful recitation was given by a local resident in West Cork today of a letter sent by an Irish man to the Duke Of Wellington during the Great Famine.

Watch: Jeremy Irons gives Oscar-worthy recital of letter sent by Cork man during famine

Thu, 26 Jul, 2018 - 23:28

A powerful recitation was given by a local resident in West Cork today of a letter sent by an Irish man to the Duke Of Wellington during the Great Famine.

That speaker happened to be none other than British actor Jeremy Irons.

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