2.7: The Irish Potato Famine

<p>Before the Irish arrive in New Orleans, we explain why they left: religious discrimination, poverty and an apocalyptic potato famine. </p><p>In seven years, 1.5 million Irish die from starvation and disease. The British government&#39;s response is part malicious, part negligent. Two million Irish decide to go.</p><p><br></p><p>READ MORE</p><p><em>The Great Famine: Ireland&#39;s Agony 1845–1852</em> by Ciarán Ó Murchadha</p><p><em>Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine</em> by Padraic X. Scanlan</p><p><em>The Irish in New Orleans, 1800–1860</em> by Earl F. Niehaus</p><p><em>The Irish in New Orleans</em> by Laura D. Kelley</p><p><em>The Irish in the South, 1815–1877</em> by David T. Gleeson</p><p>https://64parishes.org/entry/irish-in-new-orleans</p><p><br></p><p>SOUNDS:</p><p>French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0</p>