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An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine. The chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, lit. ' The Bad Life ') documents a period of Irish history between 29 November 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent. [3]
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]
Sculpture at Tannaghmore Gardens, Craigavon The memorial in St Luke's Church, Liverpool. Liverpool, England. A memorial is in the grounds of St Luke's Church on Leece Street, itself a memorial to the victims of the Blitz. It recalls that from 1849 to 1852 1,241,410 Irish immigrants arrived in the city and that from Liverpool they dispersed to ...
25 February – Thomas Moore, poet, singer, songwriter and entertainer (born 1779). 25 April – Arthur O'Connor, United Irishman and later general in Napoleon's army (born 1763).
Tithe War: The passage of the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 reduces the amount of the church's tithe and changes the manner of payment, which largely ends the unrest. 1845–1849: Great Irish Famine: A potato blight destroys two-thirds of Ireland's staple crop, leading to an estimated 1 million deaths and emigration of a further 1 million people ...
9–10 November – Peel orders the secret purchase of £100,000 worth of maize and meal from the United States for distribution in Ireland. [5] [7] [8] 15 November – scientific commissioners (appointed in October) report that half the Irish potato crop has been destroyed by the blight. [5] 20 November – a relief commission for Ireland ...
Antisell worked as an assistant to Robert Kane, and between 1845 and 1847, produced textbooks on Irish geology and chemistry. He became a member of the Royal Dublin Society in 1844. [1] [2] Antisell was a member of the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s, and joined the Irish Confederation in 1847.
10 June 1852 The Irish Industrial Exhibition was a world's fair held in Cork in 1852, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the first to be held in Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom ). It was opened on 10 June by the Lord Lieutenant , the Earl of Eglinton .