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*Devastating crop failures—especially from 1846 to 1851 decimated or starved to death, nearly a million people | *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) | *Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (even to some--death) 3-4 million Irish | ||
*During the Great Famine years: Grains out of Ireland, were exported to England, while Irish were dying from the famine | *During the Great Famine years: Grains out of Ireland, were exported to England, while Irish were dying from the famine | ||