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This famine killed an estimated one million people ... Many emigrants left Ireland in 1847. Those that were able to leave had very little to bring with them. Many did not have enough food to ...

In 1847, 50 people a day died of typhus at Grosse ... Murphy, Ryan, Johnson. The Irish famine gave rise to a movement called Young Ireland, who members swore to free their country from Britain ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history, second only to the Black Death pandemic in death toll estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine ...

lasted between 1845 and 1852 and saw Ireland's population dramatically fall due to death and emigration to places like the UK, Canada, and the US. The worst year of the famine was 1847 ...

February 1st, 1847: Replacing the ... This is a real famine, in which thousands and thousands of people are likely to die"; none the less, "if the Irish once find out there are any circumstances ...

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud ... to do something for Ireland and so, in January 1847 she issued a Queen's letter asking protestants to raise ...