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There's a myth that the Irish famine was caused by a lack of food. But at the time crops, livestock and food products were being exported in vast quantities. The potato blight affected many European countries around that time but didn't cause devastation anywhere but Ireland. The massive exports was said to be necessary as any export ban would be interfering the in the free-market. However high-tariffs made importing grains prohibitively expensive and also undercut the idea that it was pure free-market liberalism behind the British governments inaction. There are some who believe the British response was their solution to the "Irish question".
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