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A million died in the famine which followed the potato blight of 1845, and millions emigrated in the following century as landowners switched from arable to livestock farming, largely for the British market.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBefore the famine in 1845, the population of Ireland was estimated at about 8 million. Many died and many emigrated, reducing the population significantly. It is estimated that about 1 million died and 1 million emigrated. The population has increased since then, but even now, it has still not reached 8 million again.
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What is the history Irelands flag?
Green represents the Catholic population, orange the Protestant population and white the peace between the two communities
What are Irelands major holidays?
Saint Patrick's Day.
What is irelands most popular dish?
Irish Potatos
Irelands decision to adopt the euro resulted in a rise in?
inflation
What effect did a drop in the population have on the Roman Empire?
a.weakend counsul
Which problem existed in the Irish economy that unlike irelands industrialized neighbor great Britain would cause its population to drop by millions of people?
the Irish economy heavily depended on potatoes and a blight wiped out the potato crop in the 1840 creating wildespread famine
What is northern irelands population in 2009?
1,700,000
What is irelands most recant population?
2011 -- 4,581,269
What is Irelands poulation?
The Republic of Ireland has a population of about 4,470,700 Northern Ireland has a population of about 1,789,000.
What is irelands population growth rate?
1.89% per year
When was the republic of irelands population 4.34 million?
In the year 2007.
What is The united kingdom of great brittian and northern irelands population?
62 million.
What is Germany's population compared with Irelands?
Germany has 82,282,988 people.Ireland has 4,622, 917 people.
What was the us population in 1840?
310,456,852
What is the history Irelands flag?
Green represents the Catholic population, orange the Protestant population and white the peace between the two communities
What does Irelands flag stand for?
Irelands Flag stands for your but
What event worsened the drop in wool export prices in 1840 in Australia?
drought
