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Reading about how the blight affected the Netherlands, where it’s noted that potato cultivation shifted from clay to peat regions. This has lead to me poring over a soil map of Ireland to see if there’s a correlation, but I am instead questioning if I’m looking at a test for colourblindness
March 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reading about how the blight affected the Netherlands, where it’s noted that potato cultivation shifted from clay to peat regions. This has lead to me poring over a soil map of Ireland to see if there’s a correlation, but I am instead questioning if I’m looking at a test for colourblindness
Me two years ago: “Hey, I can answer questions!”
Me now:
Me now:
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Me two years ago: “Hey, I can answer questions!”
Me now:
Me now:
Me previously: “Why does everyone rave about the Cork Butter Museum?”
Me now: “How is it that someone can make the history of butter production so interesting?”
Me now: “How is it that someone can make the history of butter production so interesting?”
February 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Me previously: “Why does everyone rave about the Cork Butter Museum?”
Me now: “How is it that someone can make the history of butter production so interesting?”
Me now: “How is it that someone can make the history of butter production so interesting?”
6/7 The pre-Famine land situation is still a bit muddled for me so I also picked up Samuel Clark’s “Social Origins of the Irish Land War”, reading that landlord-tenancy was so complex that two people could be landlord and tenant made my head spin (see meme attached).
January 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
6/7 The pre-Famine land situation is still a bit muddled for me so I also picked up Samuel Clark’s “Social Origins of the Irish Land War”, reading that landlord-tenancy was so complex that two people could be landlord and tenant made my head spin (see meme attached).
1/6 There’s an oft repeated claim that the Irish became dependant on the potato as they were forced to either convert to Protestantism or divide their land among their sons, refusing to abandon their faith it lead to minuscule land plots where only the potato could provide for a family.
December 16, 2024 at 1:22 PM
1/6 There’s an oft repeated claim that the Irish became dependant on the potato as they were forced to either convert to Protestantism or divide their land among their sons, refusing to abandon their faith it lead to minuscule land plots where only the potato could provide for a family.
1/8 I recently picked up “Ireland Before The Famine 1798-1848” by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh hoping to piece together some of the conditions in pre-Famine Ireland that I’ve picked up from other books. My main focus was to answer the question of what happened to the Industrial Revolution in Ireland.
December 11, 2024 at 4:07 PM
1/8 I recently picked up “Ireland Before The Famine 1798-1848” by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh hoping to piece together some of the conditions in pre-Famine Ireland that I’ve picked up from other books. My main focus was to answer the question of what happened to the Industrial Revolution in Ireland.