The video is just part of a powerpoint presentation my dad, patrick, and I created several years ago. All part one really does is show facts about how the Irish lived during those times.
As for the two names mentioned, Michael and Mary, they were my great great .... grandparents who came to America around the same time as your father’s grandfather.
Blessings...I wish you to see my post No 9...I know much of the history, but not as well as you know it. I know that there was no need for the famine...the English were responsible for the people of Ireland and their well being. They failed...in many evil ways. I could say more...