People relied on the potato for their main food source. when the potato was effected in those years, everyone starved, over 2 million people died that 25% of the people!
Immigration from Ireland was mostly a result of a potato famine. The reason it's called an Irish Potato is because the Irish depended greatly on the potato and when a blight was destroying the potato crops one million died and others came here.
There was a huge immigration of Irish citizens to the USA during the potato famine.
I very well could have boosted it due to the potato famine causing a lot of irish immigration to the us producing more workers
Potato Famine
The most famous massive Irish immigration to the US was around the 1840s due to the major potato famine in Ireland.
The Irish Potato Famine
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.
personally, i think the potato famine was absolutely worse than the Jewish holocaust.... the potato famine killed a million irish people.
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.
The Irish immigrated because of the Irish Potato Famine in 1845
The potato crop.
irish