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=== Crop Failures === | === Crop Failures === | ||
*Devastating crop failures—especially from 1846 to 1851 killed nearly a million people | *Devastating crop failures—especially from 1846 to 1851 killed 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, ( | *Famine brought abject poverty, severe malnutrition inducing poor health, and affected (even to some--death) to 3-4 million Irish | ||
=== Further Reading === | === Further Reading === | ||