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The 1845 potato blight struck Ireland after first hitting the United States, but the famine’s devastating impact in Ireland was worsened by political and bureaucratic failures. British Prime Minister Robert Peel repealed the Corn Laws to lower food prices but failed to effectively address Irish suffering. Sir Charles Trevelyan, influenced by Malthusian ideas, prioritized protecting markets over saving lives, leading to catastrophic consequences in 1847, known as “Black ’47.”

Mass evictions by landlords under the Poor Laws displaced countless Irish families, driving many to emigrate. However, Irish immigrants often faced xenophobia and hostility in their new homes, such as in New York City’s Five Points neighborhood. Efforts to address the crisis, including those by Irish leaders like Daniel O’Connell and the Young Irelanders, faltered due to political division and limited resources, leaving Ireland in chaos and despair.

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*CHAPTERS*
00:00 – Intro to The Irish Potato Famine
01:00 – Chapter 1: Isle of Blight
10:34 – Chapter 2: The Corn Laws
20:47 – Chapter 3: Black ’47
31:49 – Chapter 4: The American Wake
42:03 – Chapter 5: The Young and The Old

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From: Extra History

Date: January 18, 2025

24 thoughts on “Irish Potato Famine | Extra History Complete | Irish History”

Flanders is a part of Belgium

When they say history repeats itself

11:37 – For a second I did wonder if that’s where the term potato peel came from.

This is why every working person should care about politics!

Crazy that in 2025 Poor Relief is another bargaining tool with no clear goal except to harm in sight

This is very well done, especially explaining the Corn Laws and John Peel (and yes, his name is funny in relation to the Repeal of the Corn Laws).

31:03 is so beautiful. This is the one of the reason we should don't loose hope for humanity and concentrating on movements which unite all of us, rather in this from above orchestrated movements, which wants unite only groups of people to in fact divide us.

I live in Tasmania, this is where a lot of
Irish women and children were transported to when they were sent to Australia for crimes like stealing bread or for being part of the Irish rebellion. There's monuments down on Hunter Island (the waterfront of Hobart), in front of the Female Factory in South Hobart and at the site of the St John's orphanage in New Town.
There was also a massive Irish diaspora population in Westbury in the north of state that was well known for hiding convicts that escaped (including political prisoners) and fundraising for them to escape to the US.