Why did so many people die during the Irish potato famine? Couldn’t they have imported food from the mainland?

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Why did so many people die during the Irish potato famine? Couldn’t they have imported food from the mainland?

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The podcast “Behind the Bastard” did a 4-part series on this. The host makes clear in the beginning that there was plenty of food for the people, so the famine shouldn’t have happened. I really recommend giving it a listen.

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