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Question about the Famine

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07-01-2008 1:25pm

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#2 07-01-2008 1:33pm
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Briefly, "famine" was a misnomer - there were no general food shortages.

The poor were however reliant on the potato crop which was not of interest to the ruling British at the time. The British retained control of all other crops/foodstuffs during the "famine" and none of this food was provided to the starving poor - most of it was exported to Britain under armed guard.

In fact rather than there being a "famine" Irish exports of foodstuffs actually increased during the so called "famine" years.

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#3 07-01-2008 1:55pm
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There is plenty to get your teeth into in this thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055070846

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#4 07-01-2008 2:14pm
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