Did Irish people in the 1800s really only eat potatoes?

by greenline_chi

We just got into some geneology and found where some ancestors came from Ireland to America in 1851 - right around the time of the famine.

I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about the famine - and I’ve seen multiple places that there was a large part of the population that existed ONLY on potatoes. Is that true? Potatoes for breakfast, potatoes for lunch, potatoes for dinner?

DanKensington

Yes, with some (but not enough) extras. More can always be said on the matter if anyone would like to address this topic, so if you reading this right now can contribute, please don't hesitate to do so! More posts are always welcome.

For the meantime, OP, we do have a user flaired in Irish Food History, and thus I present some previous posts by u/gothwalk on the Irish diet: