EPISODE · Sep 23, 2022 · 32 MIN
The Irish Potato Famine
from History Analyzed · host Mark Palmer
In the 1840s a blight hit Ireland, destroying the staple crop of the Irish peasants: the potato. As a result, Ireland lost approximately one third of its population to starvation and emigration. Essentially a British colony at the time, the natural disaster in Ireland was compounded by British incompetence and indifference.
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