It’s well past time we dropped the term ‘The Great Famine’, even our current president who should know better is guilty of using that term.It was never a famine in the true meaning of that word. It was a genocide of a million Irish citizens for which the English have never accepted responsibility.
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Fascinating read! The switch to soda bread made with soft wheat (ie: unfermented wheat bread) in combination with malnutrition has been linked to the high incidence of coeliac disease in the Irish diaspora.
A good read Jp. I didn’t know that Irish wheat flour was “soft” due to lower gluten levels (climate?) and that there was an issue with “tea drunkards”.
It’s well past time we dropped the term ‘The Great Famine’, even our current president who should know better is guilty of using that term.It was never a famine in the true meaning of that word. It was a genocide of a million Irish citizens for which the English have never accepted responsibility.
https://irishmemorial.org/learn/the-great-hunger/
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Fascinating read! The switch to soda bread made with soft wheat (ie: unfermented wheat bread) in combination with malnutrition has been linked to the high incidence of coeliac disease in the Irish diaspora.
Absolutley correct.
Thank you for this great read. I’ve learned a lot from it.
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A good read Jp. I didn’t know that Irish wheat flour was “soft” due to lower gluten levels (climate?) and that there was an issue with “tea drunkards”.
Seeming the wet weather always made oats a better outfit for Ireland.