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Series 1: 3. The Two Nations
In the 19th century, the union of Great Britain and Ireland appeared to be secure and powerful. Yet beneath the surface were deep divisions between rich and poor, and social class began to define identities and loyalties. As the Reform Acts signalled great changes for the middle classes and Chartism emerged from working-class discontent, the greatest disaster in the history of the union was unfolding in Ireland: the Great Famine.
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