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The Irish Famine Before An Gorta Mór: The Forgotten Hunger of 1740-41
Everyone knows An Gorta Mór, but few have heard of the famine that struck Ireland a century earlier — the forgotten hunger of 1740-41. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 'Year of Slaughter' (Bliain an Áir), when a deep freeze across Europe killed crops and livestock, triggering a mortality crisis that may have been proportionally worse than the Great Famine. They discuss the brutal winter of 1739-40, the collapse of the potato and grain harvests, the failure of relief efforts under the Protestant Ascendancy, and the social breakdown that followed. Along the way, they touch…
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