a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America)
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the irish famine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | the great calamity, the great hunger, the great starvation |
| Type of | famine |
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the irish famine
Irish sources claimed that as many as 60,000 people had died in the Ulster famine of 1602-3 alone.
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Irish Travelers came to America in the mid-1800s to escape starvation and disease caused by the potato famine in Ireland.
From the inrich.com
Irish songs often pine for the beauty of the country, sung by a population driven from their homeland by war, famine or poverty.
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