Revenge as cold comfort in new movie about the Irish famine

Black 47 has an Irish man wreaking havoc among those who evicted his family during the Famine, writes Esther McCarthy.

It’s a movie about the most devastating event in Irish history, a story that would be a huge challenge to bring to the big screen. Little wonder, then, that Black 47 director Lance Daly was amazed the Great Famine had never been