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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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