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The Irish Famine, 1845–1852 — When a Crop Failure Became a Political Catastrophe

In the autumn of 1845, a fungal disease called *Phytophthora infestans* arrived in Ireland. Within weeks, the potato crop was rotting in the fields. This, in it…

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"The Great Famine of 1315: How Starvation Reshaped Europe Before the Black Death"

In the summer of 1315, the rains would not stop. From Ireland to Poland, the harvests failed — not for one season, but for three consecutive years. What follo…

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"The Irish Famine — How a Crop Disease Became a Political Catastrophe"

In September 1845, a farmer outside Dublin noticed something strange. His potato plants, which had been green and healthy days earlier, had begun to collapse…

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