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*Irish poor-law granted means by which vast numbers were granted mostly free passage to countries abroad | *Irish poor-law granted means by which vast numbers were granted mostly free passage to countries abroad | ||
=== Social and Religious === | === Social and Religious === | ||
A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | ||
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=== Crop Failures === | === Crop Failures === | ||
*Devastating crop failures—especially from 1846 to 1851 decimated or starved to death, | *Devastating crop failures—especially from 1846 to 1851 decimated or starved to death, nearly a million people | ||
*British government’s lack of food aid to Ireland during The Great Famine forced nearly half the surviving population to leave Ireland | *British government’s lack of food aid to Ireland during The Great Famine forced nearly half the surviving population to leave Ireland | ||
*Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (even to some--death) to 3-4 million Irish | *Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (even to some--death) to 3-4 million Irish | ||
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O hEithir, Breandan, A Pocket History of Ireland, The O'Brien Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1989 | O hEithir, Breandan, A Pocket History of Ireland, The O'Brien Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1989 | ||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=jLtnAAAAMAAJ&dq=A+Pocket+History+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=8OdMS7nFFZG2lAeko4CODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CB8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false MacManus, Seamus, The Story of the Irish Race], The New York Irish Publishing Co., 1921 | [http://books.google.com/books?id=jLtnAAAAMAAJ&dq=A+Pocket+History+of+Ireland&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=8OdMS7nFFZG2lAeko4CODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CB8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false MacManus, Seamus, The Story of the Irish Race], The New York Irish Publishing Co., 1921 | ||
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