The great Irish potato famine started in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the years 1842 to 1852. There was mass starvation, which is estimated to of killed one million people. Many people also emigrated from Ireland because of the famine. Ireland's population is estimated to have decreased as much as 25 percent in just seven years. Historians now know the cause of the famine was a disease called potato blight. The famine was so great, because at the time nearly 33 percent of Ireland's population relied solely on potatoes for nourishment.
New methods of growing had to be taught to the farming community to avoid a repeat of the potato blight.
it was from 1845-1852
it came in 1845 and ended in 1850
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1845.
No. It began in 1845.
the Famine was from 1845 to 1850 - the worst year was 1847
I think the potato blight first arrived in Cork onboard ships from the US, then spread to the rest of Ireland
The Irish Potato Famine
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A potato famine is a period of big starvation, disease and immigration caused by poisonous potato's. A.K.A The great hunger
A potato famine is a period of big starvation, disease and Immigration caused by poisonous potato's. A.K.A The great hunger
prince edward island is the most well known province of the BNA to have the potato famine but new brunswick, and Newfoundland also had the potato famine in the 1864.