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.