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(4) In an attempt to flee the oppression, starvation, and disease that gripped Ireland, ... According to researchers, the current potato blight has brought the worst crop failure worldwide since the Potato Famine of Ireland in the 1840s. (60) 3. Related Cases BEE Case NEMATODE Case RABBIT Case APPLE Case BALLAST Case APPLE...
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www.american.edu/TED/potato.htm
www.american.edu/TED/potato.htm
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Causes and contributing factors. From 1801 Ireland had been directly governed, ... their findings prophesied disaster; Ireland was on the verge of starvation, .... According to Cormac Ó Gráda the first attack of potato blight caused ...
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wapedia.mobi/en/Great_Irish_Famine
wapedia.mobi/en/Great_Irish_Famine
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VII. POETRY: This section features a selection of poetry inspired by the mass starvation in Ireland. ... "The actual cause of (potato crop) failure was phytophthora infestans - potato blight. The spores of the blight were carried by wind, rain and insects and came to Ireland from Britain and the European continent.
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www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/Irish/Irish_pf.html
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economic history encyclopedia ... The first attack of potato blight inflicted considerable hardship on rural Ireland, though no significant excess mortality. The catastrophe of the Great Famine really dates from the fall of 1846, when the first deaths from starvation were recorded.
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By October 1845, news of the blight had reached London. British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, quickly established a Scientific Commission to examine the problem. After briefly studying the situation, the Commission issued a gloomy report that over half of Ireland's potato crop might perish due to 'wet rot.'
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www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm
www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm
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From 1845, when Ireland's potato crop partially failed, to 1847, when starvation and disease rose to dramatic levels, to 1852, when the economy and population was just getting back on its feet, the Irish were ... Scholars offer some reasons for the large-scale effect of the potato blight on Ireland's economy and people.
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www.abitoblarney.com/potatofamine.htm
www.abitoblarney.com/potatofamine.htm
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In the harvest of 1845, between one-third and half of the potato crop was destroyed by the strange disease, which became known as 'potato blight'. It was not possible to eat the blighted potatoes, and the rest of 1845 was a period of hardship, although not starvation, for those who depended on it. ... Collins, ME. "Ireland Three",
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www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/blight...
www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/blight.html
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The Great Famine in Ireland discussed in detail: the potato blight, the British response and emigration. ... Ireland's Great Famine 1845-1849 ... The Famine 1: Potato Blight; The Famine 2: Distribution of Famine Effects; The Famine 3: Peel's Relief Programme to July 1846; The Famine 4: The Winter of 1846 to 1847; The Famine 5:
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www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/index....
www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/index.htm
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The predators are phytophthora and pythium, a pair of organisms that caused phytophthora infestans, the potato blight which sent the Irish packing to New York and Boston after wiping out the potato crops and causing mass starvation in Ireland in 1845-46.
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