American Reacts to Why Ireland Has Fewer People Than 200 Years Ago (Irish Potato Famine)

Support my channel 👉 https://ko-fi.com/reactingtomyroots In this video I react to why Ireland has fewer people now than 200 years ago. A time period in the 1800s called the Irish potato famine starved and forced millions of Irish citizens to leave their homes for other places. Unfortunately, the famine along with certain other issues such as war and economic conditions hurt the Irish population for well other a century. However, the good news in this story is that the population of Ireland has been on the upswing for decades. It also turns out that the Ireland economy is actually very impressive for a country its size. This was an excellent video and helped me understand more about the low population and the history of Ireland, especially the great famine that took place there. I still feel I may be missing some context about the potato famine itself so I may check out an in depth video about it soon. Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this reaction please give this video a thumbs up, share your thoughts in the comments and click the subscribe button to follow my journey to learn about my British and Irish ancestry. 👉 Original Video:    • Why Ireland Has Fewer People Than 200 Year...   👉 Subscribe to my channel:    / @reactingtomyroots