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the poorest tenant farmers had become totally dependent on a single crop for survival - the potato
in 1845 and for the next 5 years the crop failed almost completely due to potato blight leaving these people with no food, no money to buy food - there was still plenty being exported and a UK government which believed in non intervention
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∙ 10y agoA blight struck the potato crop in 1845 starting a famine which continued for the rest of the 1840s. This destroyed the potato crop leading many people to starve. Potatoes were a staple element of the Irish diet at that time.
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∙ 12y agoThere are various names. The Potato Famine. The Irish Potato Famine. In the Irish language it is known as: An Gorta Mór.
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As a direct consequence of the famine, Ireland's population fell from almost 8.4 million in 1844 to 6.6 million by 1851. About 1 million people died and perhaps 2 million more eventually emigrated from the country. Many who survived suffered from malnutrition.
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Did Poland have a potato famine?
never, are you kuku? Ireland did, in the 1840s
Irish people fled Ireland to escape this?
There could be lots of answers to that, but the one you are looking for is the famine in the 1840s.
What event lead to many Irish emigrating to the US?
The Famine - when Irelands potato crop failed on a national scale millions of people emigrated to escape, irreversibly changing the population now its only 4.5m or so whereas before the famine it was around 15m!!!
What sparked Irish immigration to the US in the mid-1840s?
Famine :3
In what year did workhouses come to Ireland during the famine?
Yes there were. There were many used when Ireland was poor and people were starving. The most significant period that they were used was during the famine in Ireland during the second half of the 1840s. Many people ended up in the workhouses during that period of Irish history.
Did Poland have a potato famine?
never, are you kuku? Ireland did, in the 1840s
What vegetable famine did Ireland have many years ago?
The potato famine, in the second half of the 1840s.
Nation where a potato famine in the 1840s led to a great migration of its people to America?
Ireland.
What caused many deaths in Ireland and mass emigration from the country?
The famine that occurred in Ireland during the second half of the 1840s.
Could the Famine happen again in Ireland?
No. Ireland is a very different country now than it was in the 1840s, so such a famine could not happen again. The country is richer, better educated, has a wide diversity of food and is no longer dependant on the potato as was the case in the 1840s.
Which event made one million Irish people leave Ireland in the mid-1800?
The Irish Potato Famine
Irish people fled Ireland to escape this?
There could be lots of answers to that, but the one you are looking for is the famine in the 1840s.
In the early nineteenth century there was not enough food in Ireland this is called?
You are referring to the potato famine that occurred in the 1840s.
What disease did the Irish potatoes have?
During the 1840s, potato blight affected potatoes in Ireland, causing a famine.
What famine hit Ireland in the 1840s?
The potato famine hit Ireland in the 1840's. it was when the potatos (their main food source) went bad so they had to move. but some stayed for family and died.
What did more than 1 million people in Ireland suffer from during the 1840s?
They suffered from hunger and other illnesses as a result of the famine in Ireland.
What caused millions of deaths in Ireland in the 1800s?
The potato famine, which started in the mid 1840s until the early 1850s.
