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Why did potato famine happen?

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The downy mildew caused the Irish Potato Famine during the 1840s.

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famine happend over a struck of disease while the where Growing in the field's across Irealand. The famine started over in maxaco. some of Thepepole hade to go to another coutry over the famine and the disease.

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