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The worst of these was the Great Irish Famine (1845–1851), in which about one million people died and another million emigrated. [4] The economic problems of most Irish people were in part the result of the small size of their landholdings and a large increase in the population in the years before the famine. [5]
Events from the year 1840 in Ireland. Events. 10 January – Uniform Penny Post introduced. 1 April – Theatre Royal, Cork burns down.
The legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, litt: The Bad Life) followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 50 percent. [3] The Great Famine (1845–1849) was a watershed in the history of Ireland. [4]
The Great Famine of the 1840s caused the deaths of one million Irish people and over a million more emigrated to escape it. [15] It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the "Irish Potato Famine" because one-third of the population was then solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons.
In 1851, as the Great Famine was ending, the population of Ireland had dropped to 6.5 million people. The Famine and the resulting Irish diaspora had a dramatic effect on population; by 1891, Ireland's population had slipped under five million and by 1931, it had dropped to just over four million. It stayed around this level until the 1960s ...
Pages in category "1840s in Ireland" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1840 in Ireland;
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]
Dublin was the most urbanised county in Ireland and had a population density of 405 people per square km. It was the only county to record an overall increase in population between 1841 and 1851, while the cities of Cork and Belfast also saw their populations rise in the immediate aftermath of the famine.