You remember incorrectly. The famine was the result of laissez-faire capitalism (Wiki-1) combined with active discrimination against the majority Catholic popu

You remember incorrectly. The famine was the result of laissez-faire capitalism (Wiki-1) combined with active discrimination against the majority Catholic population which explicitly interfered with the paternalist regulation of land in the interests of the majority. And Ireland is not the only EU nation with a history of positive land reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th century. -- Refs: Wiki-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlords_and_tenants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlor...