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The First Irish Famine: The Forgotten Crisis of 1740-41
Before the Great Famine of the 1840s, there was another catastrophe that killed a similar proportion of Ireland's population but is barely remembered today: the famine of 1740-41. Unlike the potato blight that struck a century later, this one was triggered by extreme weather—a sustained deep freeze that destroyed crops across Europe. In Ireland, the cold snap lasted months, followed by drought, failed harvests, and a typhus epidemic. Lucas and Luna explore why this famine has been called 'the forgotten famine' and how it shaped the Irish landscape and society. They discuss the…
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