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  2. Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    A starving Irish family from Carraroe, County Galway, during the Great Famine (National Library of Ireland) Immense population growth, from about 2 million in 1700 to 8 million by the time of the Great Famine, led to increased division of holdings and a consequent reduction in their average size. By 1845, 24% of all Irish tenant farms were of 0 ...

  3. List of memorials to the Great Famine - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the Australian Monument to The Great Irish Famine at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. Melbourne, Victoria. In 1998 a memorial in the form of a Famine Rock with plaque was erected on the foreshore of Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip at Williamstown. This was the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first boat load of Irish Famine orphan girls. [12]

  4. Chronology of the Great Famine - Wikipedia

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    An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine. The chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, lit. ' The Bad Life ') documents a period of Irish history between 29 November 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent. [3]

  5. National Famine Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum contains records from the time of Ireland's Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] The exhibits aim to explain the famine, which was triggered by the failure of successive potato harvests, and to draw parallels with the occurrence of famine (a widespread scarcity of food) in the world today. [2] The historic relevance of Strokestown is ...

  6. Category:Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    Great Famine (Ireland) monuments and memorials (1 C, 15 P) W. Works about the Great Famine (Ireland) (12 P) Pages in category "Great Famine (Ireland)"

  7. Famine Memorial (Dublin) - Wikipedia

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    The Famine Memorial, officially titled Famine, is a memorial in Dublin, Ireland. The memorial, which stands on Customs House Quay , is in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration .

  8. Teampaillin Bán - Wikipedia

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    An Teampall Bán more commonly known by its diminutive name Teampaillin Bán [1] is a famine graveyard located off the Ballybunion road in Listowel, County Kerry. [2] It is the burial ground of over 2,641 victims who died between February 1850 and March 1852 during the Great Famine.

  9. European potato failure - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland births fell by a third, resulting in about 0.5 million "lost lives". Declines elsewhere were lower: Flanders lost 20–30%, the Netherlands about 10–20%, and Prussia about 12%. [3] Emigration to escape the famine centred mainly on Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.