On the 9 September 1845 the Dublin Evening Post officially reported that the Potato Blight had arrived in Ireland. The disease had previously been reported in Belgium, but this was the first time that it had been spotted in Ireland. It is thought that the first outbreak of Blight may have occurred in Waterford, though there is no concrete proof that it had not previously been unreported elsewhere.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #AnGortaMór #Famine #PotatoBlight #Waterford #Belgium #OnThisDay

Food keeps our society stable. Without it, things swiftly drift to chaos. I wrote a short piece about how the revolutions of #1848 are linked to #potatoes and the #PotatoBlight:

https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/potatoes-and-revolution

#famine #CascadingRisks #revolution