021: The Irish Potato Famine Part 1: A look at the English Takeover of Ireland, the State of Agriculture, and the Dependence on the Potato

Hello! In todays episode, we start our first look at the Three Part Special on the Irish Potato Famine. Over the course of this episode, you will learn how the English came to dominate over Ireland starting way back with everyones favorite Henry, Henry VIII. With the help of his two daughters, Ireland would soon be fully under English control. We aslo take a look at how the farming practices over the course of hundreds of years, aided by a controlling tennet/landlord system, set up Ireland to be dependent on a single Crop. The Potato. Sources for todays episode include: The National Irish Museum History.com Britannica Ask About Ireland An article from the BBC titled How the Humble Potato Changed the World by Diego Arguedas Ortiz. And an article by Cynthia E Smith titled The Land-Tenure System in Irlenad: A Fatal Regime If you would like to send me any questions, comments, or ideas for future podcast episodes please email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on Intagram and Threads @itsahistorypodcast Thank you for listening!