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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]
Fair food. You may be hard-pressed to find foods like cotton candy or funnel cake at your everyday eateries, but during the 24 days of the State Fair of Texas these fair foods are around every corner.
The Pioneer Woman's own daughter Alex Drummond and her husband, Mauricio Scott, went to the Texas State Fair for a sampling of some of their most iconic snacks. "I feel like a little kid," Alex ...
Famine memorial in Ballingeary, County Cork Ballingeary famine soup-pot Ballingeary famine plaque. Souperism was a phenomenon of the Irish Great Famine.Protestant Bible societies set up schools in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant religious instruction at the same time.
Irish immigration to the United States during the Great Famine in Ireland was substantial and had a lasting impact on the economy of the United States. In 1990, 44 million Americans claimed Irish ethnicity. [1] Many of these citizens can trace their ancestry to the Great Famine from 1845-1852 when 300 Irish would disembark daily in New York ...
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Aside from death from starvation and famine diseases, suffering came in other forms. While the demographic impact of famines is immediately visible in mortality, longer-term declines of fertility and natality can also dramatically affect population. In Ireland births fell by a third, resulting in about 0.5 million "lost lives".
Georgia: Deep-Fried Kool-Aid Hush Puppies. North Georgia State Fair One of several major fairs in Georgia, the North Georgia State Fair doesn't mess around when it comes to fried favorites.