The Irish potato famine (1845-1849) was a failure of epic shame
History faults the mold but the British deserve the blame
When Britain annexed Ireland
All they could keep was their name
Making the Irish pay rent and raise cattle were England’s selfish plans
Absentee British landlords made laws to impoverish the Celtics
They tried to survive by harvesting potatoes with their hands
When the only crop that could grow didn’t, everybody felt it
25% of the Irish died or moved from a trifecta of greed, laws and a potato mold called Phytophthora infestans
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