Trivia Question: An Gorta Mor was a horrific famine inflicted upon what nation’s people?
Answer: Ireland’s
An Gorta Mor is Gaelic for “The Great Hunger.” British landlords and officials who ruled Ireland heavily taxed their tenants and forced them to work infertile ground where only potatoes could reliably grow. So, when a plague hit the potato crop, the Irish had no other stable food supply. Ireland’s people are still generally hesitant to rent land because of how badly they were persecuted by landlords during An Gorta Mor.
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