Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)
Description: WEBThe Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole.
DA: 24 PA: 18 MOZ Rank: 46
Link: https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine
Description: WEBOct 17, 2017 · The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold known as Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) caused a destructive plant disease that spread rapidly...
DA: 69 PA: 24 MOZ Rank: 1
Link: https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history
Description: WEBMar 26, 2024 · Great Famine, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century: about one million people died from starvation or from typhus and other famine-related diseases.
DA: 72 PA: 55 MOZ Rank: 95
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/great-irish-famine-1773826
Description: WEBApr 13, 2019 · The Irish Potato Famine, which in Ireland became known as "The Great Hunger," was a turning point in Irish history. It changed Irish society forever, most strikingly by greatly reducing the population. In 1841, Ireland's population was more than eight million.
DA: 37 PA: 24 MOZ Rank: 52
Link: https://www.history.com/news/after-168-years-potato-famine-mystery-solved
Description: WEBMay 21, 2013 · Scientists have long known that it was a strain of Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) that caused the widespread devastation of potato crops in Ireland and northern Europe beginning in 1845,...
DA: 65 PA: 44 MOZ Rank: 13
Link: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Great-Famine-Irish-history
Description: WEBIrish Potato Famine, (1845–49)Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment.
DA: 71 PA: 57 MOZ Rank: 53
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-finally-pinpoint-the-pathogen-that-caused-the-irish-potato-famine-71084770/
Description: WEBMay 21, 2013. A potato affected by P. infestans, the pathogen responsible for the Irish Potato Famine. The exact strain involved in the 1840s famine has now been identified for the first...
DA: 59 PA: 81 MOZ Rank: 22
Link: https://worldhistoryedu.com/irish-potato-famine-history-causes-deaths-migration/
Description: WEBNov 12, 2022 · The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mór in Irish, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. Between one and two million people emigrated from Ireland during the Great Hunger.
DA: 24 PA: 34 MOZ Rank: 36
Link: https://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/introduction.htm
Description: WEBThe History Place - Irish Potato Famine: Introduction. Beginning in 1845 and lasting for six years, the potato famine killed over a million men, women and children in Ireland and caused another million to flee the country.
DA: 89 PA: 34 MOZ Rank: 81
Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/great-famine-decoded
Description: WEBMay 21, 2013 · More than 1 million people died of starvation and disease during the Irish Potato Famine (also known as the Great Famine), between 1845 and 1852—a watershed event for the Irish that caused 1 million people to emigrate and fueled tension between Irish Catholics and Protestants in England who offered little aid.
DA: 60 PA: 35 MOZ Rank: 97
