History Analyzed

The Irish Potato Famine

September 23, 2022 Mark Palmer Season 1 Episode 17
History Analyzed
The Irish Potato Famine
Show Notes

In the 1840s a blight hit Ireland, destroying the staple crop of the Irish peasants: the potato. As a result, Ireland lost approximately one third of its population to starvation and emigration. Essentially a British colony at the time, the natural disaster in Ireland was compounded by British incompetence and indifference.