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minus-squareNawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoYeah, and then because they were fully reliant on a single crop to provide their food, when the potato blight reached Europe, the Irish were extra fucked.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoYes, the same blight affected france, belgium and others. It wasnt their main food source, so it led to scarcety but not famine.
Yeah, and then because they were fully reliant on a single crop to provide their food, when the potato blight reached Europe, the Irish were extra fucked.
Yes, the same blight affected france, belgium and others. It wasnt their main food source, so it led to scarcety but not famine.