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Old 10-21-2020 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano
Yes -- the Great Famine.
Which really wasn’t a famine at all (like most “famines”) but the shipment of non-potato crops to England where they were enjoyed by the British...

Ireland had plenty of food available, but only blighted potato was offered to the natives.

But I digress.

If there is one thing the Irish do well it’s rebellion, tough to get cohesion though.
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