2025-01-05 10:23:43
The Irish Potato Famine (1845-52) was indeed a famine. It was caused by a plant disease (blight) that destroyed the potato crops when farmers only relied on potatoes. Nonetheless, the lack of help from the British government aggravated it. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(17-1-29) Author
2025-01-05 11:05:22
Both the blight and the policies of the then-occupier, Britain, led to the great hunger in Ireland. Proposed note above claimed it was purely the blight. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(17-1-2) Author
2025-01-05 11:05:43
nnn: Please read your own sources! While the language of the tweet is fippant/exagerrated it refers to the historical fact that food other than potatoes was grown in Ireland and exported to the UK during the famine. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(20-1-6) Author
2025-01-05 14:33:10
The Irish potato famine was a famine, caused by potato blight. The British didn’t steal our food, although, there was an increase of exporting goods from Ireland to Britain during the famine. Along with Ireland receiving little/poor aid from Britain. 1 million died. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-2-19) Author
2025-01-06 01:27:57
While the British were indeed considered a blight by the Irish, they were not the blight that caused the Great Famine. A breakout of the fungus-eske microorganism Phytophthora Infestans was to blame for this disaster. Estimated starvation fatalities exceed one million people. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-5) Author
2025-01-07 14:39:23
The direct cause of the Great Famine of Ireland was a blight that caused a failure of the potato crop, which many people relied on for the majority of their nutrition. But there is no doubt the resources of the UK could have entirely or mostly prevented the famine itself. [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author