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Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

The proximate cause of the famine was the infection of potato crops by blight (Phytophthora infestans) throughout Europe during the 1840s. Blight infection ...

Learn About the Great Hunger

Throughout the entire period of the Famine, Ireland was exporting enormous quantities of food to England. In "Ireland Before and After the Famine," Cormac Ó ...

Irish Potato Famine: Date, Cause & Great Hunger | HISTORY

The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold known as Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) caused a destructive plant ...

Great Famine | Definition, Causes, Significance, & Deaths - Britannica

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, ...

The great famine - UK Parliament

Between 1845-52 Ireland suffered a period of starvation, disease and emigration that became known as the Great Famine.

The Great Hunger - The Irish Memorial

The Great Hunger in Ireland led to the greatest loss of life in western Europe in the 100 years between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. Whole families and ...

The great hunger : Ireland 1845-1849 / by Cecil Woodham-Smith.

The Great Hunger is the story of one of the worst disasters in world history: the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Within five years, one million people ...

The Great Famine's effect on Ireland's population | Britannica

One million Irish people died over the course of the potato famine—nearly one-eighth of the country's population. This is more people than currently live in ...

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University investigates the Famine and its impact through art. The museum interprets the Famine visually, allowing ...

Ireland's Great Hunger Institute | Quinnipiac University

Learn about Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, which offers a deeper understanding of the Irish Famine and Irish culture.

Great Famine - Relief Efforts, Ireland, 1845-1852 | Britannica

Great Famine - Relief Efforts, Ireland, 1845-1852: The British government's efforts to relieve the famine were inadequate. Because of the ...

A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland on JSTOR

The appearance in 1845 of a mysterious disease which destroyed almost half the Irish potato crop heralded a prolonged crop failure the human consequences of ...

Black '47 Ireland's Great Famine and its after-effects - DFA.ie

It is estimated that the Famine caused about 1 million deaths between 1845 and 1851 either from starvation or hunger-related disease. A further ...

Great Famine of 1315–1317 - Wikipedia

Great Famine of 1315–1317 · The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises · The Great Famine ...

"The Great Hunger" in Ireland - 2022

"The Great Hunger" in Ireland from 1845 to 1850, also known as the Great Famine or Irish Potato Famine, is considered by many to be the most tragic event ...

An Gorta Mor - Ireland's Great Hunger - The Irish Memorial

To this day, all over Ireland the landscape bears mute testimony to the events that occurred in the horrific period from 1845 – 1850. Starvation graveyards offer ...

Great Hunger Memorial - Westchester County Parks

The Great Hunger Memorial was unveiled on June 24, 2001 at VE Macy Park in Ardsley to commemorate the suffering of millions of Irish peasants.

The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith

Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith's "The Great Hunger" is a veritable tour de force in which the author demonstrates that the governing class of Great Britain failed ...

The Great Hunger - 6-Pack - Benchmark Education

6 Books (6 copies each of 1 title) Teacher's Guide (1 copy each of 1 Teacher's Guide) Text Evidence Question Card (1 copy each of 1 Text Evidence Question ...

Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac launches 'The Famine ...

It's an exhibit that looks at the early life of Queen Victoria, who was on the throne during the period known as the Great Hunger.