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State files uncovered in 2014 revealed that in 1925, the government of the newly independent Irish government attempted to cover up severe levels of famine. This is Ireland's forgotten famine.
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Fin Dwyer once ate 60 potatoes in one day, all in the name of giving podcast listeners a window into Ireland pre-famine. The experience in a word? “Gruelling,” Dywer laughs, “I mean, I like potatoes, but obviously things to flavour them were not then what they are now – so it wasn’t the funnest day I’ve had.”