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5 facts from 4 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1800s
Tyrrell says Catholics in Ireland were pushed onto poorer land where mainly potatoes grew, making them vulnerable to the potato blight.
“they gave the Catholics the shittier land. They took off they. They pushed the Catholics off the good land that could grow carrots and cabbage and and whatever.”
1845
About one million people died in the Irish famine between 1845 and 1852, and roughly two million emigrated by 1855.
“Between 1845 and 1852, about one million people died from starvation and disease, and roughly 2 million emigrated between 1845 and 1855.”
2025
Jeetu Patel says Cisco recently met its global customer advisory board in Ireland and showed them planned licensing simplifications.
“we were in Ireland just recently with our global customer advisory board, and, um, we walked them through, you know, some innovations that we're doing on the licensing side”
2026
Sarah Friar said Ireland currently held the presidency of the European Union, which was why she met the Taoiseach in Dublin.
“Ireland right now has the presidency of the EU.”
Undated
Tim Crawford said Amazon was asked not to bring more workloads into Ireland because of energy concerns.
“Amazon got asked not to not to, uh, bring more workloads into Ireland or something along those lines.”
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