“Over there I'm growing Lumper,” he tells us as we look across potato rows growing between poplar windbreaks.

The Lumper, as they call this particular variety of pots, is a symbol of this Irish dilemma, for this is the infamous potato that failed in the 1840s and caused the great famine. The Lumper is therefore one of the most historic of all the heirloom potato varieties now preserved under the careful eye of historic museums and potato enthusiasts alike, myself included.

In the 1840s, however, these two counties were among the worst affected when Ireland's potatoes -- those big floury Lumpers that sustained millions -- began to rot.

Lord, what's the good o' my lumpering all the way to church and back again, when I'm as deaf as a plock?

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