Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor
"Billy the Kid" the eight-part mini-series has enthralled US audiences, here we look at the Wild West outlaw's strong Irish roots. As the Tom Blyth mini-series drama, "Billy the Kid" blows up on TV we look at the outlaw's strong Irish roots that date back to Ireland's Great Hunger, Ireland Famine in the 1800s.