If you would like more information on what the Irish ate before the potato, I would recommend these two books to start: * Early Irish Farming by Fergus Kelly (

If you would like more information on what the Irish ate before the potato, I would recommend these two books to start: * Early Irish Farming by Fergus Kelly (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462769441 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462769441) * Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100 by Aidan O'Sullivan, Finbar McCormick, Thomas Kerr, Lorcan Harney (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1257790078 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1257790078)