Quotulatiousness

February 19, 2019

Irish Potato Famine – Isle of Blight – Extra History – #1

Filed under: Britain, Europe, Food, History — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Extra Credits
Published on 16 Feb 2019

The potato blight hit the United States first before it came to Ireland (and other countries). But what made it particularly devastating in Ireland was the factor of human influence — behind-the-scenes bureaucracy that prioritized economics over human lives.

The Irish Potato Famine ranks as one of Europe’s worst agricultural disasters — scattering a people to the winds.

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