No, they didn’t have unlimited stores of high glycemic foods stuffing their cupboards to eat whenever they were hungry to supplement their potatoes.
They also worked their asses off instead of sitting on them watching Dances with Stars, or NFL.
Oh, so what you’re really sore about is people sitting around watching Dancing with Stars! Pretty typical of health food nuts.
In actuality, because of the weather and the soil and the horrors of British oppression, the Irish actually spent a lot of time inside. I only wish they had hi-def tv to take their mind off their misery.