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The Devastating Impact of Ireland's Great Potato Famine
Great Famine Wood engraving showing a man taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant lying in a crowded ship's cabin, with other passengers resting on bunks and benches during the 1840s potato famine. Choropleth map of Ireland showing county-level population changes from 1841 to 1851 during the Great Potato Famine. Most counties are shaded in red, orange, or yellow to indicate significant population decreases, especially in the west and south, while Dublin is shown in green to indicate a slight population increase.
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How Many Americans Have Irish Ancestry?
So you're Irish! What does that mean?
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The Devastating Impact of Ireland's Great Potato Famine
In Ireland the famine became known as An Gorta Mór—or "the Great Hunger."
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Rowan Gillespie: Famine
Famine (1997), sculpture by Rowan Gillespie commemorating the Great Famine;...
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Victims of the Great Famine arriving in Liverpool, England; illustration in the Illustrated...
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Victims of Ireland's Great Famine (1845–49) emigrating to North America by ship;...
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Population changes in Ireland from 1841 to 1851 as a result of the Great Famine
Map depicting population changes in Ireland from 1841 to 1851 as a result of the...
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