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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Collection of facts about the Great Famine
This post is a collection of facts about the Great Famine (1845-1852). There are 6 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Caused by inflection of potato crops and single-crop dependence
- Estimated 1 million deaths in Ireland
- Over 2.1 million people fled Ireland
- Estimated 100,000 deaths outside of Ireland
- British Whig government ended famine relief to Ireland
- Food exported out of Ireland and Britain refused to ban exports