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thousands of Irish people went to America on coffin ships with disease
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This was affected by a blight in Ireland?
Potato.
The great potato famine in Ireland resulted from what?
Potato blight.
How did the potato blight in Ireland start?
The English, who had no use for the Irish, spread the potato blight germs around on the potato fields so that they could get rid of as many Irish as possible. It largely worked - millions of Irish either starved to death or immigrated to other nations, like Canada and the USA. (That's why my greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandfather came to America)
What disease in Ireland they come to Scotland in 1848?
Potato Blight
Could Potato blight come back to Ireland?
Yes, Potato blight is endemic in Ireland and Europe, but today a variety of types of potato are grown some of which are blight resistant and we also have chemical sprays that can kill the fungus. The trouble with the blight in the past was that there were no sprays and only one variety of potato was grown and when a blight evolved to attack this variety, it meant that ALL the Irish crop was hit and this lead to famine.
How did the disease potato blight affect the potato?
It rots the potato making it unfit for eating.
What is the plague that killed all the potatoes in Ireland called?
The potato blight.
Did the potato blight cause a reduction in population in Ireland?
The potato famine in Ireland which was caused by the potato blight killed in the region of 2 million people out of a pre-famine population of 9 million, and it started emigration to America, Canada, Australia and other places, displacing another one million during the famine, and many more since.
Where did the potato famine begin in Ireland?
I think the potato blight first arrived in Cork onboard ships from the US, then spread to the rest of Ireland
What started the grate Irish potato famine?
The potato blight and the British abandoned Ireland and let everyone to die
What happen to the potato crop in Ireland in the nineteeth century?
During the period from 1845 to 1852, Ireland suffered a famine due to the potato crop getting potato blight which destroyed the crop.
What is a potato blight?
potato blight are potato mold,potato disease,potato mildew and potato murrain.
