A typical response from our resident bigot. It is the not word according to the world of jimmie, therefore it must be wrong.
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith was not an altogether welcome event. Perhaps they envied the book’s commercial success: The Great Hunger was immediately a best-seller on two continents, and its premier status as the most widely read Irish history book of all time has only grown with the years.
BUT

https://www.historyireland.com/the-famine/the-great-famine-and-its-interpreters-old-and-new/

There is a political divide and radically changed social mores since the great famine. Separating all these out to get a balanced picture is no easy task.Arguing the rights and wrongs can go on forever. Mistakes were made. Was the treatment of Irish immigrants in America
blemish free? Should this not be a part of the discussion also?