Sunday, 8 May 2011

The potato famine

It was in Ireland in 1845 and 1849. It was the result of 50 years of destruction because of the economic policy of imperial Britain, a bad agricultural method, and the arrival of blight : a mushroom parasite. The potato was the first food in Ireland. There were lots of dead people (1 million), particularly among the poorest.

Written by Mickaël C., 4B

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