Good recounting, but I feel like any talk of the potato famine has to mention the role the English played: > Charles E. Trevelyan, who served under both Peel a

Good recounting, but I feel like any talk of the potato famine has to mention the role the English played: > Charles E. Trevelyan, who served under both Peel and Russell at the Treasury, and had prime responsibility for famine relief in Ireland, was clear about God's role: "The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated". Source (but you can find stuff like this everywhere) https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/historical-notes-god-and-england-made-irish-famine-1188828.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/historical-...