Author Topic: Irish Potatoe Famine (Read 888 times)

poche · « **on:** May 25, 2013, 01:08:09 AM »

The Irish potato famine that caused mass starvation and approximately 1 million deaths in the mid-19th century was triggered by a newly identified strain of potato blight that has been christened "HERB-1," according to a new study.

http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-irish-potato-famine-solved-140830483.html

SoldierOfChrist · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:53:41 AM »

I read this same article except that according to everything that I've learned, whatever caused the potato failure is not what caused the Great Hunger. That was caused because the Brits continued shipping all of Ireland's resources out of Ireland even when the potatoes failed. They wouldn't have starved to death, if the rest of their resources weren't leaving by the shipload even while it was happening.

John Grace · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2013, 07:20:21 AM »

The light from the lighthouse in the distance was the last glimpse of Ireland as people departed in the ships at time of the 'famine'.

Deo Vindice · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2013, 04:00:24 PM »

Is it not more accurate to refer to the mass murder of the Irish people as "the starvation" and not "the famine".
In the past few years I have heard more people use this term rather than reinforcing the political whitewash and calling it a "famine".
Starving the Irish people was intentional, deliberate, and malicious.