Antrim farmer revives Irish starvation potato Several March 2013Last up to date at Fourteen:58 GMT Share this site Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Antrim farmer revives Irish famine potato By Nuala McCannBBC Headlines Michael McKillop with the Irish Lumper potatoes Continue reading an important storyRelated StoriesPotato blight 'still some sort of problem'170-year-old spuds help researchPaxman during row more than famine thoughts A variety of potato at the heart from the Irish famine is definitely making a bring back to the food store shelves just after almost 170 years. The Irish Lumper spud has been discriminating once more by simply County Antrim gardener Michael McKillop who has a keen concern in history. All of the Lumper was common in the Nineteenth century because it grew happily around very poor soil. So it have become very popular along with the farmers in Munster and Connacht. Even so came this blight. The slumber is history. When the harvest failed, your result for Ireland's lousy, who observed so much after it, was basically disastrous. It is considered that concerning one million people today Ireland was slain in the 1840s following the failure from the potato crop. Hundreds of thousands in others emigrated during the disaster. The potato assortment Lumper itself virtually died out throughout Ireland, though about six to eight years ago, Mr McKillop astral diamonds neverwinter who works Glens neverwinter astral diamonds of Antrim Potatoes in Cushendall, opted he would decide to revive them. "I am considering some of the slightly older varieties of carrots. I had read about the Lumper and looked at in books that it was soapy and sampled bad. Even so wanted to taste it to determine for myself,Half inch he said. "When I had been at a present in Nation Down, anyone gave me single and I placed it in your garden, Provided by that one, I personally grew 31 wee spuds and I consideration they felt lovely, thus grew all of them again.Ins The farmer came to the conclusion that he would definitely grow these products commercially. Continue summer, he or she travelled on the Delicious Eire show with Selfridges in London together with Lumper - and the wonderful liked the idea. This year, he's produced the right amount of potatoes make use of the store shelves for two main weeks for March. They should be on sale on Marks & Spencer within the run-up to St Patrick's Day at 17 Drive. "We wanted to make moves different and this is it," he stated. Despite its track record and the dark memories affiliated with it, this is definitely potato that has got turned to good. Michael McKillop recommends transfering it while using skin for and roasted or baking it. It flavor of furthermore, a spud with its the roots of plants firmly with Irish history. Antrim gardener revives Irish famine potato