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Ireland's 'Famine Village' Survived the Great Famine

In 1846, a group of Irish peasants, led by a man named Thomas Newenham Deane, built a small self-sufficient village in Cork, Ireland. The village, known as Garryduff, was designed to provide a safe haven for those affected by the Great Famine, which ravaged Ireland from 1845 to 1852. The village's innovative design included a central well, a communal kitchen, and a system for generating electricity – all of which helped it to thrive during one of Ireland's darkest periods.