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1845 to 1849 marked one of the worst Famines in Irish history.
This famine happened because of a small collection of british landlords who purposely introduced the blight to Ireland to get rid of their tenants. This of course spiraled out of control and the potato conspiracy was found out. The Peel administration found them guilty and ordered their excutions, but this was undone when the Russel administration pardoned the 13 men who introduced the blight to Ireland and kept them from being hung.
This incident and the pardoned perminantly poisoned Irish british relations but what if the potato famine wasn't caused by human hands? What if it was an act of nature instead of an act of man how would that change Irish and world history?