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A comprehensive overview of the Irish Potato Famine, a period of starvation and disease that killed 1 million people and caused 2 million to emigrate from 1845 to 1852. Learn about the causes, effects, controversies, and legacy of the Great Hunger.
- Ireland in The 1800s
- Great Hunger Begins
- Legacy of The Potato Famine
- Irish Hunger Memorials
- Sources
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With the ratification of the Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, Ireland was effectively governed as a colony of Great Britain (until the Irish War of Independence ended in 1921). Together, the combined nations were known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As such, the British government appointed Ireland’s exec...
When the crops began to fail in 1845, as a result of P. infestans infection, Irish leaders in Dublin petitioned Queen Victoria and Parliament to act—and, initially, they did, repealing the so-called “Corn Laws” and their tariffs on grain, which made food such as corn and bread prohibitively expensive. Still, these changes failed to offset the growi...
With a population significant reduced by 2 to 3 million, and increased food imports after 1850, the Irish Potato Famine eventually ended around 1852. But for those who remained behind in a decimated Ireland, a renewed appreciation was ignited for Irish independencefrom British rule. The exact role of the British government in the Potato Famine and ...
In recent years, cities to which the Irish ultimately emigrated during and in the decades after the event have offered various commemorations to the lives lost. Boston, New York City, Philadelphiaand Phoenix in the United States, and Montreal and Toronto in Canada, have erected Irish hunger memorials, as have various cities in Ireland, Australia an...
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Learn about the devastating plant disease that ruined Ireland's potato crop and caused mass starvation, death and emigration in the 19th century. Explore the role of British colonialism, the impact of the famine on Irish culture and identity, and the memorials to the victims.
Sep 16, 2024 · Great Famine, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
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- The Great Famine was caused by a failure of the potato crop, which many people relied on for most of their nutrition. A disease called late blight...
- As a direct consequence of the famine, Ireland's population fell from almost 8.4 million in 1844 to 6.6 million by 1851. About 1 million people die...
- The potato plant was hardy, nutritious, calorie-dense, and easy to grow in Irish soil. By the time of the famine, nearly half of Ireland's populati...
- The Irish relied on one or two types of potatoes, which meant that there wasn't much genetic variety in the plants (diversity is a factor that usua...
- About one million people died during the Great Famine from starvation or from typhus and other famine-related diseases. An estimated two million mo...
Feb 17, 2011 · Learn how a natural disaster of potato blight was worsened by the British government's ideology and policies in the late 1840s. Find out how the famine killed, displaced and shaped the history of Ireland and Britain.
Nov 12, 2022 · Learn how the potato blight devastated Ireland's crops and people in the mid-19th century, and how the British government failed to provide adequate relief. Explore the history, deaths, migration, and social and economic impacts of the Great Famine.
May 21, 2013 · A new study reveals that a previously unknown strain of potato blight, HERB-1, caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 19th century. Learn how this deadly infection spread from the Americas to Europe and led to mass starvation and emigration.
Learn about the causes, consequences, and legacy of the Great Famine that killed one million and displaced two million Irish people in the 1840s. Find out how the British government responded and how the famine changed Ireland's demography and history.
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