The fungus blamed for the Irish Potato Famine was no the culprit after all.

被认为造成爱尔兰马铃薯荒的那种真菌，其实并不是罪魁祸首。

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It was the tragedy of the Irish potato famine of 1845, in which 1m Irish perished when the potato crop on which they subsisted succumbed to blight.

起因是1845年爱尔兰马铃薯歉收，由于他们所赖以生存的马铃薯得了枯萎病，导致了一百万的爱尔兰人的死亡。

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And a strange penultimate chapter on the Irish potato famine in which the potato blight is the villain, responsible for many deaths and massive emigration (shades of McNeill?).

奇怪的是倒数第二章写道大规模的移民应对爱尔兰的马铃薯饥荒造成更多人饿死而负责。

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Tony Blair expressed regret for the Irish potato famine and for Britain's role in the slave trade.

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Some immigrants were survivors of disasters such as the Irish potato famine.

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Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, recently spoke of his regrets about the British government's failures during the Irish potato famine in the 1840s.

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