The Great Famine is also known as the Irish Potato Famine. It took place in the period between 1845 and 1850, and resulted in the death or emigration of up to a third of the population.
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- The Irish Famine: 1845-9 Explanation of the blight that destroyed the potato crop, leading to a widespread famine.
- The History Place - Irish Potato Famine Six chapters covering all aspects of the 1845 potato crop failure. Includes an overview, a look at the effects, so called 'coffin ships' and subsequent emigration. Provides illustrations.
- Famine In Ireland Text by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.
- Lord Lucan and the Irish Potato Famine Fifteen-page transcription from "The Reason Why" published by McGraw-Hill in 1953.