I will revisit his when I have time. I'm Irish, so I have a point of view. The Irish were treated as slaves by the British. There was plenty of other crops being grown when the potato crops failed. The Brits blamed the Irish people for being so lazy that they only wanted to put up "lazybeds". Small very productive plots of potatoes. While people were starving, grain was being exported. There were over 8 million people alive when the first crop failures hit. There are 4.5 million today, and that's after 100 years.
Ireland produces enough food to feed 35 million people with plans to reach 50 in twenty years.
I will post some additional links later on.
I will revisit his when I have time. I'm Irish, so I have a point of view. The Irish were treated as slaves by the British. There was plenty of other crops being grown when the potato crops failed. The Brits blamed the Irish people for being so lazy that they only wanted to put up "lazybeds". Small very productive plots of potatoes. While people were starving, grain was being exported. There were over 8 million people alive when the first crop failures hit. There are 4.5 million today, and that's after 100 years. Ireland produces enough food to feed 35 million people with plans to reach 50 in twenty years. I will post some additional links later on.