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Ireland's famine came at a time when the expanding US industries needed labour, thousands emigrated. Makes you wonder.
Chris Fogarty - Author Ireland 1845-1850 The Perfect Holocaust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqsMDWti-ys
Potato blight didn't help matters.
The problem was the landlords would only let the Irish eat potatoes so while they were growing other crops that too were not failing they were not allowed have them because they were for the landlord.