"..During the first nine months of "Black '47" the export of grain-derived alcohol from Ireland to England included the following: 874,170 gallons of porter, 278,658 gallons of Guinness, and 183,392 gallons of whiskey..."
(http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ss/irish/irish_pf.html)
It takes grain to make booze. It could have been food. This is just the booze that was exported, made from potentially edible food, let alone all the food for consumption that was exported during the "famine", starvation really. More information at that link above.
Profit first, as always, even in the midst of a disaster.
Sound familiar?
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