The Great Famine Documentary Summary

In the documentary film, " The Great Famine," it was introduced that potato was imported from America and there were both positive and negative impacts on Irish people. First, thanks to potatoes, the Irish population increased twice more than before even though potatoes could store for only six months and the summer season was a hunger season for them. The severe cold and wet climate and the poor soil in Ireland were unsuitable for cultivation, so they cropped oatmeal and cattle, but a potato was the vegetable that was easily grown in such the environment. After appearing potatoes in Island, the third of the population made their living by harvesting potatoes in 1845. There were two serious problems which were crop disease and what the government