@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
2026-09-28 10:56 UTC
#OtD 28 Sep 1846 British troops opened fire on starving food rioters in Dungarvan, Ireland, killing one. The Great Famine lasted until the 1850s, killing around a million people and forced even more to emigrate, while food was exported for profit https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10057/food-riots-in-dungarvan,-ireland
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@eobeara@mastodon.ie 2026-09-28 11:28
@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social But it wasn't a famine