The Irish Famine (book) — infobox Book | name = The Irish Famine title orig = translator = image caption = author = Colm Tóibín and Diarmaid Ferriter illustrator = cover artist = country = England, Ireland language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Profile… … Wikipedia
The Great Famine — Hungernde irische Familie in Carraroe, County Galway Die als Große Hungersnot, (engl. Great Famine, Irish potato famine oder irisch An Gorta Mór) in die Geschichte eingegangene Hungersnot zwischen 1845 und 1849 (bzw. 1851) war die Folge mehrerer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Potato famine — may refer to:* Great Irish Famine, the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849 * Highland Potato Famine, a major agrarian crisis in the Scottish Highlands from 1846 to 1857 * European Potato Famine, the wider agrarian crisis in Europe… … Wikipedia
Potato Famine — Potato Fam|ine, the a ↑famine in Ireland in 1845 46, caused when the failure of the potato crop led to a serious lack of food all over the country. As a result, many people died of hunger and many others left Ireland to go to live in the US. The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
potato famine — a disaster that happened in Ireland between 1845 and 1847 when most of the potato crop was destroyed by a plant disease. Potatoes were the main food of the poor in Ireland then, and about a million people died for lack of food. At least another… … Universalium
Highland Potato Famine — The Highland Potato Famine was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck the Scottish Highlands causing over 1.7 million [highlandclearances.info, [http://www.highlandclearances.info/clearances/clearances emigration.htm Emigration for the … Wikipedia
European Potato Famine — The European Potato Famine was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern 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,… … Wikipedia
the Irish Famine — noun a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) • Syn: ↑the Great Hunger, ↑the Great Starvation, ↑the Great Calamity • Hypernyms: ↑famine … Useful english dictionary
Irish Potato Famine — (1845–49) Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment. A reliance… … Universalium
Irish potato famine — Hungernde irische Familie in Carraroe, County Galway Die als Große Hungersnot, (engl. Great Famine, Irish potato famine oder irisch An Gorta Mór) in die Geschichte eingegangene Hungersnot zwischen 1845 und 1849 (bzw. 1851) war die Folge mehrerer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
