num_pages: 368
description: Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened.
language: English
title: Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred
titlecomplete: Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847: Prelude to Hatred
genres: Ireland, Historical, Irish Literature, History, European History, World History, School, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 879
publisher: Mariner Books