Yes it was.
The blight during the famine wasn't caused by a fungus, it was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.
The English, who had no use for the Irish, spread the potato blight germs around on the potato fields so that they could get rid of as many Irish as possible. It largely worked - millions of Irish either starved to death or immigrated to other nations, like Canada and the USA. (That's why my greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandfather came to America)
potato blight
Lumpers. ... until the crop was affected by blight which destroyed the crops and then there were none. That's why it it ended in the Irish crisis called the potato famine.
Phytophthora infestans
The blight during the famine wasn't caused by a fungus, it was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.
Blight a disease that spread through potatoes
potato blight
The English, who had no use for the Irish, spread the potato blight germs around on the potato fields so that they could get rid of as many Irish as possible. It largely worked - millions of Irish either starved to death or immigrated to other nations, like Canada and the USA. (That's why my greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandfather came to America)
The Irish potato famine was caused by blight.
potato blight
Lumpers. ... until the crop was affected by blight which destroyed the crops and then there were none. That's why it it ended in the Irish crisis called the potato famine.
During the 1840s, potato blight affected potatoes in Ireland, causing a famine.
The Irish potato blight, also known as the Great Famine, was caused by a water mold known as Phytophthora infestans. This pathogen spreads rapidly in wet conditions, leading to the widespread destruction of potato crops in Ireland in the mid-19th century.
blight
Phytophthora infestans
The potato blight and the British abandoned Ireland and let everyone to die