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The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western 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, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. American model, actress, and businesswoman (born 1963) Kathy Ireland Ireland in July 2012 Born Kathleen Marie Ireland (1963-03-20) March 20, 1963 (age 61) Glendale, California, U.S. Occupation(s) Model, actress, entrepreneur, businesswoman, author Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Spouse Greg ...
On 4 January 1847 P&O donated the use of a steamship to transport food to Ireland, and the London & North Western Railway, Great Western Railway and London & South Western Railway offered free carriage to all relief going to Ireland from the Association. [5] Much of the aid was channelled through pre-existing relief groups in Ireland. [1]
The museum contains records from the time of Ireland's Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] The exhibits aim to explain the famine, which was triggered by the failure of successive potato harvests, and to draw parallels with the occurrence of famine (a widespread scarcity of food) in the world today. [2] The historic relevance of Strokestown is ...
Kathy Ireland is 'grateful' for a career that 'has nothing to do with my appearance': 'I want to be free to age' Erin Donnelly,Anne Lilburn October 11, 2021 at 3:33 PM
Potato famine may refer to: European Potato Famine, the wider agrarian crisis in Europe contemporaneous to the Irish and Highland potato famines in the mid-1840s; Ireland's Great Famine, the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852; Scotland's Highland Potato Famine, a major agrarian crisis in the Scottish Highlands from 1846 to 1857
Stars Scott Bakula and Kathy Ireland share memories from the making of "Necessary Roughness" as 1991 football comedy turns 30.