Derek Mooney of RTÉ Radio 1’s daily magazine show “Mooney” talks to director Ruan Magan prior to the film’s release in Ireland on November 25, 2008
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Andy Barrie talks to Producer/Writer Craig Thompson on Metro Morning
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TV Times is the largest circulation TV listings book in Canada. 
In today’s paper, John Doyle calls DEATH OR CANADA an “excellent docudrama.”
While I’m at it, I’ll point out that if you watched the excellent docudrama Death or Canada, about the Irish famine refugees arriving in Toronto (it was on History Television last night), you may have wondered how it was received in Ireland. Well, it was well received, generally. On the night it aired, it was the second-most-watched program in the country. It was beaten in the ratings by – you’ve guessed it – Desperate Housewives.
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The Spirit’s Sword: Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Christopher Moore’s Canadian History
TORONTO — Those hard-boiled characters that actor Brian Dennehy is known to play?
Many of them are based on his stern grandfather, he says in explaining the plight of his Irish ancestors and his passion for the material in the new docudrama Death or Canada, about Toronto’s role in helping the victims of Ireland’s potato famine.
Shot in Ontario and Ireland, the film is narrated by Dennehy and airs on History Television on Monday, the eve of St. Patrick’s Day.
Read Full Article By Victoria Ahearn of The Canadian Press
Here’s a review of “Death or Canada” from Bill Harris which appeared across Canada in the Sun newspapers on Sunday March 15th.
Dying to Live, By Bill Harris
Before we get too judgmental about the attitudes of the 1840s, we should put the numbers into perspective.
And the numbers with regard to Canada and the Irish potato famine were staggering, as confirmed in Death or Canada. The excellent and emotional docu-drama makes its Canadian debut tomorrow night on History Television.
Between May and August 1847, almost 40,000 Irish refugees poured into Toronto. At the time, Toronto was a town at the edge of the frontier that had only 20,000 residents.
Think about that.
In 2009, that would be the equivalent of 9 million refugees arriving on the doorstep of Canada’s largest city over a period of four months.