>tfw I thought it was called the potato famine because all they had to eat was potatoes
The Irish are the only people who can run out of food on an island surrounded by fish
>>18740670 By the mid-19th century, anti-Catholic laws had pushed the native Irish onto the smallest, most marginal land. These peasant farmers relied entirely on the potato to survive, while the vast majority of Ireland's fertile land was owned by Anglo-Irish landlords.Vast quantities of wheat, barley, oats, beef, mutton, and dairy were grown on the large estates. But instead of feeding the starving local population, this food was exported.
