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How many potatoes did an average man eat before the famine started?
The figure given in cecil Woodham-Smith's 'The Great Hunger' is 14lbs per day EACH. It must be remembered that the average Irish person ate potatoes and nothing else. Up to 60 a day for a man.
Why do Irish people love potatoes?
During the 17th through the 19th centuries every square inch of Ireland was owned by some great landlord, either and Englishman or a wealthy Irish Protestant. The vast majority of productive agricultural land was given over to sheep farming or raising crops for export to England. The poor Catholic Irish had to make do with trying to raise food on marginally arable land. There was very little that would grow on the acres they had available to them. Potatoes are a hardy crop that will grow almost anywhere and produce abundantly. As a result potatoes became not merely a staple of the Irish diet but were often the only thing they had to eat. Thus they became known as potato eaters or potato people.
Which is cooler Irish or Scottish accent?
First of all, there are many Scottish accents that are very different to each other and there are also many Irish accents that are very different to each other. It would impossible and only a matter of opinion at to which of these many accents is the coolest, so there is no answer to the question.
Was the Irish President elected by the Irish people or by politicians?
Under the terms of the constitution of Ireland the President is elected by the Irish voters, unless all Political parties in the Irish House of Parliament (The Dail) agree on the candidate. This was the case with Mary Mc Aleese the current President of Ireland.
What does it mean if your half Irish?
If one of your parents is from, say, Italy and the other is from Ireland, then you are of Italian and Irish descent. It can be said that you are half-Italian and half-Irish. Some people will call themselves part-this and part-that even if both parents were born in the United States.
