When Ireland Starved Episode 2 The Irish Holocaust (Part 2 of 3)

The Great Famine was a period of great starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 during which the islands population dropped by 20-25 percent. Approximately one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland. The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight. Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s the impact and human cost in Ireland where a third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food was exacerbated by a host of political, social, and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate. The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland. Its effects permanently changed the islands demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements.

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[mortifiedGAP]

@WOWiHeartMusic not all english people are like what you have said I'm welsh with a scottish mother and an english father and many of the english did try to send aid to ireland it is the goverment that is to blame and while I agree with you on people should not forget what happend but it is not fair to call a hole people by steorytypes

[WOWiHeartMusic]

English people are rude, rich, snobby and self-centred people. They're racist when people emmergrate to "their" country for a new home with their family. It's sick to think that the British once done this, just less than 150 years ago. It isn't that long ago. I'm saying this, and I'm half Irish, half English, but live in England.

[essi8757]

the english are animals always stealing peoples land and money then when these people want to come to england everyone has a big mouth and call them shit immigrants but the english think they can take over anyones land fact and i am english

[kevinjjfr]

genocidal maniacs ....

[3tangle3]

@alanO134 I am supporting eire you doof lol

[alanO134]

@3tangle3 ......what the english did i wouldnt do to my worst enemy.get real u fool

[couchpotato43]

@3tangle3 dude the resources are their to feed everyone but the rich control everything so they can control us by creating illegal wars to turn us against each other ,,look at the way common people fight amongst ourselves ,,i hate the jobless ,,they create the jobless ,,i hate immigrants they bring them in ,,i hate muslims i hate christians ,they created religion they make the wars ad have all the money and the land and we want it back its the same the world over ,,fuck em

[3tangle3]

@couchpotato43 ye man..i agree....money goes into worthless things that can go on neverending for infinity like x factor but yet the real needs such as getting people fed and curing diseases can have painfully slow progress....currently doing a masters in biology to see what i can do

[couchpotato43]

@3tangle3 this sort of shit is going on today in other parts of the world ,,25000 children die everyday through hunger related diseases ,,yes everyday ,,and its all down to the same thing governments stopping other governments trading ,,its not in the interest of the governments to teach people of their corrupt and cruel ways ,,they just want you to work and buy shit ,,then watch eastenders ,,

[3tangle3]

@LambrettaGirlUK 'we did' ... i didn't do anything personally ;P....in fact my great gran was whipped for speaking welsh ...look up the 'welshnot'