Steven Habbi

What began as a story of post-famine era Ireland, migration, reinvention and survival became an evening of song, shared heritage and experience.

Long before supermarkets or modern supply chains, families survived by what the tide left behind — mussels, cockles, and whatever could be gathered by hand. Women and children worked these shores in all weather, feeding households through quiet endurance rather than abundance. Beauty and hardship existed side by side. Scenes like this shaped everyday life in coastal Ireland. Hunger was not always dramatic or sudden — it was persistent, familiar, and woven into routine. These landscapes carry...

Join me as I take you back to 1880–1925, into the real places and events that inspired Erin Kelly’s journey in Our Fallen Woman.