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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Just like the Bengal famine under Churchill, all the food grown was exported to Britain and the locals were left to starve.

Very common under British rule.

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