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    Great Famine

    1845 -1852 famine in Ireland

    The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. The most severely affected areas were in the western and southern parts of Ireland—where the Irish language was dominant—hence the period was contemporaneously known in Irish as an Drochshaol, which literally translates to "the bad life" and loosely translates to "the hard times". The worst year of the famine was 1847, which became known as "Black '47". The population of Ireland on the eve of the famine was about 8.5 million; by 1901, it was just 4.4 million. During the Great Hunger, roughly 1 million people died and more than 1 million more fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20–25% between 1841 and 1871, with some towns' populations falling by as much as 67%. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3] The most severely affected areas were in ...
    • Phytophthora Infestans

      Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight".Late blight was a major culprit in the 1840s European, the 1845-1852 Irish, and the 1846 Highland potato famines.

    • Doolough Tragedy

      Memorial to the victims in Doolough valley. The Doolough Tragedy is an event that took place during the Great Irish Famine close to Doo Lough in southwest County Mayo. [1] At least seven (and perhaps 20 or significantly more) starving people died after being "forced to walk for miles to present themselves for inspection" by poor law union officials who would determine whether they would ...

    • Absentee Landlordism

      An absentee landlord crisis was a key factor in Prince Edward Island's decision to become a part of Canada when the idea of Confederation was proposed in 1867. In the mid-1760s, a survey team divided the Island into 67 lots. On July 1, 1767, these properties were allocated to associates of George III by means of a lottery. Ownership of the land remained in the hands of British-based landlords ...

    • Irish Lumper

      The 'Irish Lumper' is noted for its ability to flourish on garden beds that are poor in nutrients, wet-footed, or both. Until the 1840s, it was closely adapted to growing conditions in Ireland, particularly western Ireland.The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Ireland noted that the Lumper was a "very old variety, and ... probably well known when first recorded by Dutton (1808 ...

    • Charles Trevelyan

      Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB (2 April 1807 - 19 June 1886) was an English civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India.He returned to Britain and took up the post of Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.During this time he was responsible for facilitating the government's response to the Great Famine in ...

    • Land War

      The Land War (Irish: Cogadh na Talún) [1] was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland (then wholly part of the United Kingdom) that began in 1879.It may refer specifically to the first and most intense period of agitation between 1879 and 1882, [2] or include later outbreaks of agitation that periodically reignited until 1923, especially the 1886-1891 Plan of Campaign and the 1906 ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The Irish Famine of 1740-1741 (Irish: Bliain an Áir, meaning the Year of Slaughter) in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13% and 20% of the 1740 population of 2.4 million people, which was a proportionately greater loss than during the Great Famine of 1845-1852. [1] [2] [3]The famine of 1740-1741 was due to extremely cold and then dry weather in successive ...
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  6. britannica.com

    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.The causative agent of late blight is the water mold Phytophthora infestans.The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century.
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  7. theirishstory.com

    In the two centuries 1500-1700 that saw the establishment and consolidation of English (or any) state power in Ireland for the first time, famine was systematically used as a weapon of war. War and famine 1500-1600. The population of 16 th centuryIreland was estimated at about 1 million. The average life expectancy was just 28, when infant ...
  8. historyhit.com

    Here are 10 facts about the Famine and its impact on Ireland. 1. The famine was caused by potato blight. By the 19th century, potatoes were a hugely important crop in Ireland, and was a staple food for many of the poor. In particular, a variety named the Irish Lumper was grown almost everywhere.
  9. theirishstory.com

    A depiction of a mother and children at Skibbereen during the famine. By John Dorney. See our other overviews here.. The Great Famine was a disaster that hit Ireland between 1845 and about 1851, causing the deaths of about 1 million people and the flight or emigration of up to 2.5 million more over the course of about six years.
  10. historycooperative.org

    During the Famine, Ireland could have fed itself, according to some accounts from the time. Food distribution was not a problem as it had been in other famines. The real problem in Ireland was not a lack of food but that the poorest could not afford to buy enough food[23]. Studies have shown that because of the shortage of potatoes and the ...
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