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  1. HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] ·

    @LiamOMaraIV

    👍
    #Irish #History
    You might want 2 add the #PotatoeFamine hashtag.

    Only due to this new crop which originates in #Peru, was the #IrishPopulationExplosion possible: from approximately 2 million in 1700 to 8.5 million by 1845.

    The algae (#PhytophthoraInfestans) that caused successive crop failures of the imported #Monoculture staple diet, led 2 a #PotatoDisease called #LateBlight. It originated in the #Toluca Valley in 🇲🇽 and spread from the 🇺🇸 2 🇮🇪.

    sheetofhistory.com/2025/12/the

    #irish #history #potatoefamine #peru #irishpopulationexplosion #monoculture
  2. HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 @[email protected] ·

    @LiamOMaraIV

    👍
    #Irish #History
    You might want 2 add the #PotatoeFamine hashtag.

    Only due to this new crop which originates in #Peru, was the #IrishPopulationExplosion possible: from approximately 2 million in 1700 to 8.5 million by 1845.

    The algae (#PhytophthoraInfestans) that caused successive crop failures of the imported #Monoculture staple diet, led 2 a #PotatoDisease called #LateBlight. It originated in the #Toluca Valley in 🇲🇽 and spread from the 🇺🇸 2 🇮🇪.

    sheetofhistory.com/2025/12/the

    #irish #history #potatoefamine #peru #irishpopulationexplosion #monoculture