Comments on: St. Patrick In The Garden http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/ Heronswood Voice - A web log written by George Ball Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:35:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: johh acuff http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24181 johh acuff Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:57:11 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24181 I love this article. Tom Cahill made me a fan of Patrick and all things Irish. I told him it was a very faith building book and he told me not to say that as most people did not see faith in the book. The other thing is that to me no country has a faminewhich is as you said exporting food the whole time. The English landowners exported food and left the Irish to starve. This is perhaps the best telling of the Irish story since "How the IRish saved Civilazaion". you might find the rest of Cahill's series "the hinges of history" worth a read. john acuff I love this article. Tom Cahill made me a fan of Patrick and all things Irish. I told him it was a very faith building book and he told me not to say that as most people did not see faith in the book.

The other thing is that to me no country has a faminewhich is as you said exporting food the whole time. The English landowners exported food and left the Irish to starve. This is perhaps the best telling of the Irish story since “How the IRish saved Civilazaion”. you might find the rest of Cahill’s series “the hinges of history” worth a read.

john acuff

]]> By: elizabeth anderson http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24177 elizabeth anderson Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:21:37 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24177 How did the Irish overcome the potato fungus or how was the crop eventually saved???? How did the Irish overcome the potato fungus or how was the crop eventually saved????

]]> By: Steve Abel http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24176 Steve Abel Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:15:41 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24176 Great article. The potato dramatically changed European history. It allowed for huge population expansion in Germany, Russia- all across northern Europe, as well as in Ireland. Germany and Russia became major powers due to the potato Great article. The potato dramatically changed European history. It allowed for huge population expansion in Germany, Russia- all across northern Europe, as well as in Ireland. Germany and Russia became major powers due to the potato

]]> By: Jacqui Robertson http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24175 Jacqui Robertson Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:04:15 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24175 Great essay....now I'm going to read the book mentioned. Thank you for all your wonderful essays, I look forward to each one. Great essay….now I’m going to read the book mentioned. Thank you for all your wonderful essays, I look forward to each one.

]]> By: Jo O'Rourke http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24174 Jo O'Rourke Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:28:43 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24174 Thank you. You got it right. It was a disaster of epic proportions. Those who mock and distain the Irish do not know the horrors of that time and also the hundreds of years of servitude that led up to the Crop Failures. I did not know that the failures led to investigations into crop genetics. How wonderful. Thank you. You got it right. It was a disaster of epic proportions. Those who mock and distain the Irish do not know the horrors of that time and also the hundreds of years of servitude that led up to the Crop Failures. I did not know that the failures led to investigations into crop genetics. How wonderful.

]]> By: Evan Bush http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24173 Evan Bush Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:05:45 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24173 The Irish Potato Famine also made a contribution beyond breeding new potatoes. It is one of the exceptions to the economic law of supply and demand; the fact that as price goes up, demand goes down. In the case of potatoes in Ireland as the price went down, the demand went down. The reason for this was potatoes consumed such a major portion of the diet. When the price of potatoes went down, the Irish farmers could afford other foods. The Irish Potato Famine also made a contribution beyond breeding new potatoes. It is one of the exceptions to the economic law of supply and demand; the fact that as price goes up, demand goes down. In the case of potatoes in Ireland as the price went down, the demand went down. The reason for this was potatoes consumed such a major portion of the diet. When the price of potatoes went down, the Irish farmers could afford other foods.

]]> By: Essie Karp http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/03/st-patrick-in-the-garden/#comment-24172 Essie Karp Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:26:07 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=863#comment-24172 I love reading Heronswood Voice.I love history,and always learn so many new things.You are a wonderful writer! Happy St.Patrick's Day. Regards, Essie I love reading Heronswood Voice.I love history,and always learn so many new things.You are a wonderful writer!

Happy St.Patrick’s Day.

Regards,
Essie

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