and for the brewing of a potent alcoholic beverage. The 1830 Scottish cookbook The Practice of Cookery includes a recipe for a beer made with mangelwurzel. In 19th-century American usage, mangel beets were sometimes referred to as "mango".

During the Irish Famine (1845-1852), Poor Law Guardians in Galway City leased (on a 999-year-lease) an 20 acre former nunnery to house 1,000