The Potato.  From Peru to the Great Irish Famine.

 

From the world’s oldest botanic gardens at the University of Padua, Italy.

 

 

Bantry Bay and Fort, 1685 with Possible Early Depiction of Potato Garden.

 

The Grufán and the Spade, Abandoned Famine Lazy Potato Beds, Kicrohane, West Cork.

 

Pre 1965 farming practices West Cork, Red Elephant and Epicure potatoes, working with the grufán, threshing with the steam engine, winnowng of wheat and oats, working in the bog.

 

Green Tops, White Rocks, Sherry Blues, Cruffles, Flounders, Seed Potatoes, For Sale, Skibbereen, 1863.

 

October 1766, Seizure by Mob of Disorderly Fishermen at Kinsale, Co. Cork of Sloop Laden with Potatoes Bound for Gibraltar

 

The Grufán and the Spade, Abandoned Famine Lazy Potato Beds, Kicrohane, West Cork.