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Preceded by. Irish Famine (1740–1741) ( Bliain an Áir) Succeeded by. Irish Famine, 1879 ( An Gorta Beag) 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 starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 ...
Oct 17, 2017 · Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images. The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold known as Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans ...
Jun 18, 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. The causative agent of late blight is the water mold Phytophthora infestans.
Dec 1, 2020 · From RTÉ Radio 1's Blighted Nation, Myles Dungan explores how the Great Famine swept through Ireland in the mid-1800s and changed the country forever. Famines are ultimately about failure. The ...
Apr 13, 2019 · The Irish Potato Famine, which in Ireland became known as "The Great Hunger," was a turning point in Irish history. It changed Irish society forever, most strikingly by greatly reducing the population. In 1841, Ireland's population was more than eight million. It has been estimated that at least one million died of starvation and disease in the ...
The Irish Potato Famine or the ‘Great Hunger’ was the last great famine in Western Europe and also one of the most catastrophic recorded in that region. It led to the death of up to a million people and the emigration of two million people from the island of Ireland. It changed Ireland and its influence can still be felt to this day in the ...
Feb 17, 2011 · It seems doubtful that the British governing classes learned much from their Irish experience in the late 1840s. In British India, during the years 1876-79, famine claimed the lives of between six ...
