Why Queen's Death Prompted Irish Twitter to Discuss Potato Famine – Newsweek

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96, the longest serving monarch in history, and while there has been a worldwide outpouring of grief, in some countries, people are celebrating.One country where some are celebrating is Ireland, where to this day there is a lasting bitterness towards England.Ireland remained under British rule for 800 years in a history that is marked by brutality and violent uprisings and the potato famine. The potato famine was a major event in modern Irish history. In Ireland, it is known officially as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Republican mural on Upper Falls Road in Belfast argues that Britain was responsible for genocide during the potato famine of 1845-1849. This is one of many murals inspired by Northern Ireland’s peace talks. The potato famine became a topic of discussion on Twitter after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Corbis via Getty Images It lasted from 1845 to 1849 and the famine was caused by a potato blight that saw crops fail all over the country, which relied on the potato crops as their primary food source.The queen’s death sparked a discussion on Irish Twitter about the famine…
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