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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]
The Newfoundland Potato Famine, related to the Irish Potato Famine. Newfoundland, present-day Canada: 1849–1850: Demak and Grobogan in central Java, caused by four successive crop failures due to drought. Indonesia: 83,000 [87] 1860-1861 Black Winter of 1860-1861 [88] Qajar Iran: 1860–1861: Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861: India: 2,000,000 ...
Irish War of Independence: Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1922–23 Irish Civil War: Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1942–44 Northern Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1956–62 Border Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1968–98 The Troubles
In this commentary piece, William Lambers reflects on the Irish potato famine of the 1840s and urges steps be taken to prevent future famines
Beyond Revisionism, Reassessing the Great Irish Famine at History Ireland This page was last edited on 1 October 2024, at 23:20 (UTC). Text is available under ...
In: The Soviet Famine of 1946–47 in Global and Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. The Soviet Famine of 1946–47 in Global and Historical Perspective; Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921–1933 28 Sep 2017 "Ukraine (Famine)" Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. . Retrieved June 22, 2022, from ...
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]
In its latest brief on the war, ... a woman lights a candle in remembrance of the up to 10 million people who died in Ukraine during the famine of 1932-33.