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2. Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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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 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 ...

3. Irish Famine (1879) - Wikipedia

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   The famine of 1879 is attributed to the effects of the "Long Depression" in the late 19th century, inclement climate, potato blight, and cholera among chickens.Unlike the earlier Irish Famine of 1740 to 1741 and Great Famine of 1845 to 1852, the 1879 event resulted in fewer deaths, due to changes in the technology of food production, different structures of land-holding (the disappearance of ...

4. Irish Famine (1740–1741) - Wikipedia

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   The Great Famine ( An Gorta Mór) The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 ( Irish: Bliain an Áir, meaning the Year of Slaughter) in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13% and 20% of the 1740 population of 2.4 million people, which was a proportionately greater loss than during the Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] [2] [3]

5. Chronology of the Great Famine - Wikipedia

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   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] The proximate cause was famine resulting from a potato disease commonly known as late ...

6. European potato failure - Wikipedia

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   The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties. While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands, with the Highland Potato Famine and ...

7. The Irish Famine (book) - Wikipedia

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   Dewey Decimal. 941.508 21. LC Class. DA950.7 .I74 2001. The Irish Famine is a book written by Diarmaid Ferriter and Colm Tóibín. The book is in two volumes, the first of which was written and originally published by Tóibín in 1999. The second volume, written by Ferriter, is entitled The Capricious Growth of a Single Root and was added in 2001.

8. National Famine Commemoration Day - Wikipedia

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   The National Famine Commemoration Day ( Irish: Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta an Ghorta Mhóir [1]) is an annual observance in Ireland commemorating the Great Famine. A week-long programme of events leads up to the day, usually a Sunday in May. [2] It has been organised officially by the government of Ireland since May 6th 2008. [3]

9. Meta and Vodafone optimise video to boost network efficiency

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   Global traffic grew 25% in the 12 months to the first quarter of 2024, according to Ericsson's 2024 Mobility Report, and video accounted for 73% of all mobile traffic by the end of Meta and ...