1. Irish Potato Famine
Although nature did present the Irish people with the potato blight, it was, in fact, the actions of the British and English, which caused the mass starvation and devastation among Ireland. ... Throughout the famine years, large quantities of native-grown wheat, barley, oats and oatmeal sailed out of places such as Limerick and Waterford for England, even though the local Irish were dying of starvation (TIF). ... In 1879, the blight returned, bringing the possibility of renewed starvation and further evictions in the west of Ireland, but the people were now represented by a national...
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