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[2]: 228 The era saw the introduction of cattle and sheep as domesticated animals into Ireland and saw the start of dairy production in Ireland. [2]: 228 [3] Large herbivorous mammals such as the European Elk and the Aurochs were not naturally present on the island at that time, showcasing the importance of managing cattle as a food source. [3]
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
Meanwhile, the main northern industries based on shipbuilding, ropes, shirts and textiles declined from 1960, and then more so due to the 1970s 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland, despite government investment in projects such as the Belfast DeLorean plant. In 2005 the northern economy was supported by a net annual "subvention" from London of £5 ...
A crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, [1] usually a cereal. The term was first coined in the early 1980s. [ 2 ] Crop circles have been described as all falling "within the range of the sort of thing done in hoaxes " by Taner Edis , professor of physics at Truman State University .
Johnson, David S. "The economic history of Ireland between the wars." Irish economic and social history 1.1 (1974): 49–61. McCarthy, Charles. Trade unions in Ireland 1894–1960 (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1977). Mitchison, Rosalind. Economy and society in Scotland and Ireland, 1500–1939 (John Donald, 1988). ÓGráda, Cormac.
In Ireland where (writing to Ricardo in 1817) Malthus proposed that "to give full effect to the natural resources of the country a great part of the population should be swept from the soil into large manufacturing and commercial Towns", [81] [82] a comparatively early contribution was Observations on the population and resources of Ireland ...
Based on a method first developed in the mid-19th century, corn syrup is formed when starch molecules from corn are treated with acid or enzymes, which today typically come from molds, McGee says.
The names Ireland and Éire derive from Old Irish Ériu, a goddess in Irish mythology first recorded in the ninth century. The etymology of Ériu is disputed but may derive from the Proto-Indo-European root * h2uer, referring to flowing water. [17]