Other Countries. There is little uniformity in the legal drinking age across the rest of the world. Some countries have no law regarding the age one can purchase or consume alcohol; others allow use as early as 16. Few other countries have a legal drinking age of 21.Many countries have laws but little/no enforcement of the law.ome countries have no law regarding the age one can purchase or consume alcohol; others allow use as early as 16. Few other countries have a legal drinking age of 21. Many countries have laws but little/no enforcement of the law.
The Irish Potato Famine is, just as its name suggests, a famine caused by the sudden decimation of the potato crop in Ireland which began in 1845 and lasted until about 1860. To gain a better perspective, however, it s necessary to begin by considering the history of the potato in Ireland. The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) has its origins in South America. Incans grew, ate, and even buried them with potatoes with their dead.
The Irish Famine: 1845-9. Marjie Bloy, Ph. D., Senior Research Fellow, the Victorian Web. [Victorian Web Home â> Political History â> Social History â> Economics] he 'Great Hunger' was one of many famines in Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century, but the size of the disaster dwarfed those that preceded it. A contemporary comment was that God sent the blight, but the English made the famine: and to some extent this was true because the governments of both Peel and Lord John Russell did little to help the Irish population. The Irish Famine. G. F. Watts. 1850. Courtesy of the Watts Gallery, Compton. Click on image to enlarge it.