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Ireland went hungry as potatoes were there main source of food the potatoes failed because of blight. alot of irish people fled to america alot of people did not make the journey.before the potatoe faminethere was more people living in ireland than there is to this day
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∙ 14y agoIt was something that happened to Israel and to me at one point because i was very hungry and i couldn't eat because i was napping at 12:00 p.m. EST. I woke up at 9:00 P.M. PST and i started playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2...
Not really it was a thing in Ireland where there potatos were blighted, there potatoes were the main source of food.
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∙ 13y agoSince Ireland was a relatively poor country, potatoes were a principal food or staple of the working classes and the farming people. Imports of other foods was not economically possible for most inhabitants. Massive crop failures meant starvation on a large scale.
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∙ 9y agoThe potato famine started in 1845 and ended in 1852. One of the main results of the famine was widespread death. This seven year famine also caused millions to leave the country of Ireland.
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How did the potato famine affect Irish emigration?
The potato was the main food people in Ireland ate. When there were no potatoes due to the crop being destroyed by blight, many people left to find more food and a better life. The famine had the effect of increasing Irish emigration.
What occurred in Ireland from 1845-1848?
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How many people died due to scurvy in the Irish famine?
Everyone in Ireland because of the potato famine in the 1900"s
How did the potato famin affect the Irish?
The potato was the main food people in Ireland ate. When there were no potatoes due to the crop being destroyed by blight, many people left to find more food and a better life. The famine had the effect of increasing Irish emigration.
Many Irish people fled Ireland for the US as a result of the?
Potato Famine-Nova Net Answer
How did the potato famine affect Irish emigration?
The potato was the main food people in Ireland ate. When there were no potatoes due to the crop being destroyed by blight, many people left to find more food and a better life. The famine had the effect of increasing Irish emigration.
What occurred in Ireland from 1845-1848?
The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.The potato famine.
How many people died due to scurvy in the Irish famine?
Everyone in Ireland because of the potato famine in the 1900"s
Many Irish people fled Ireland for the US as a result of the?
Potato Famine-Nova Net Answer
What was one effect of the Irish famine?
Many people starved to death during the Irish Potato Famine, when potato blight caused the potato crops to wither and die in the fields for a couple of seasons. Many Irish people chose to emigrate, mainly to America.
How did the irish famine happen?
The potato crop got potato blight which destroyed the potatoes. Because it was the main food in Ireland at that time, many people began to starve. The famine lasted from about 1845 to 1852.
What happend in the potato famine?
The potato crop was destroyed. This resulted in many people starving and dying. Others left Ireland and emigrated to many parts of the world.
What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the US in the 1840s?
Most of the immigration was caused by the potato famine, but some were caused when their king had switched to a England church because of his marriage. That caused England to be in control of Ireland which left them weak. Another when the black plague had spread to them from England and the Irish were mad at them cause now, England had made most of their troubles.
What vegetable famine did Ireland have many years ago?
The potato famine, in the second half of the 1840s.
What vegetable famine did they have in Ireland many years ago?
Potato See Web Links for much more information on The Great Irish Potato Famine.
What is the cause of the blight Irish potato famine?
The wet mould phytophthora infestans. = =
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.
