The Irish Potato Famine, also called Great Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, and Famine of 1845-49, occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed across the country. The crop disease called Phytophthora infestans, also known as late blight, destroyed both the leaves and edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant. This was the worst famine to occur in Europe during the 19th century. Almost one-half of the Irish population died from not only starvation but diseases that took over leaving the country vulnerable and scared for the years that came after.
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From the beginning of the 1800's when Ireland and Britain were united by the Parliament who passed the Act of Union to the failure of the potato crops to Britain continuing to export food and leaving none for the Irish and finally resulting in one-half of Ireland's population dead, reviewing the Great Potato Famine as a timeline shows you how fast so many people died.
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Some regions in Ireland were affected more by the famine which caused a greater population decrease. Even though everyone was troubled with the decline of the potato crop, that wasn't the only reason so many people died. The amount of diseases and where people lived within the country varied the amount of deaths in that particular region. With maps and graphs we can visually see how the Irish was afflicted by the Great Irish Potato Famine.
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Stories are a great way to learn about The Great Irish Potato Famine and the people who lived back then. Their are so many different books that you can read. Here are just some that can help you learn more.
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When the famine stop, the irish people did not stop. They had to keep on fighting to get want they wanted. To be away from Brittish contral.
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The people who died from the Great Irish Potato Famine will never be forgotten. There is many memorial all over the world to remember them by.
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