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Letter from an Irish Potato Patch

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Throughout the west of Ireland, as September ncars its end, men on thousands of small-holdings are lifting their potatoes. On his own potato patch on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo. Michael Viney is harvesting his - and musing on the crop that for over 200 years spelt the life, and nearly the death, of the Irish nation. Producer PADDY O'KEEFFE

Source: Radio Times

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