ocr: ECHOES OF IRELAND KEY STAGE 2 INTERACTIVE CD ROM In 1845 a terrible famine started in Ireland. The famine lasted for several years and, during this time, over a million Irish refugees escaped from Ireland and went to live in other countries. Tens of thousands of them séttled in Liverpool. The arrival ofs so many Irish people, in the space ofj just a few years, changed Liverpool forever. Using a combination of powerful imagery, documentary style footage, challenging questions' and animation, Echoes of Ireland, will take you on a journey through the lives of people who lived through the famine a ...