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Ireland had a potato famine, caused by potato blight. It ran from 1845 to 1849. As a result of the dependency of people on potatoes at that time, millions died or emigrated, causing a major reduction in Ireland's population. Before the famine it was over 8 million. It still hasn't reached that level again, with the population now over 6 million.

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Millions of people died from starvation , and millions of people fled the country.

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The Irish people ate a lot of potatoes in the 1800's. In fact a potato blight motivated many Irish to move to the United States for better fortunes.

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