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The Seven Ill Years, also known as the Seven Lean Years (Scottish Gaelic: seachd bliadhna gorta), is the term used for a period of widespread and prolonged famine in Scotland during the 1690s, named after the biblical famine in Egypt predicted by Joseph in the Book of Genesis. [1]
Although the official number of deaths in Scotland due to the pandemic is 17,575, a modern estimate of total pandemic mortality in Scotland is between 27,641 and 33,771. [6] About 20,000 died in Ireland. [7] 232,112 [8] (estimate for UK only) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland: 2020–2023
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]
April – citizens of Drogheda prevent food being exported from their town to Scotland. [2] 31 May – 2 June: bread riots in Dublin. [3] June–December – exceptionally cold weather, leading to the Great Irish Famine (1740–1741). [3] First steam engine installed in Ireland, for pumping at Doonane Colliery, Shrule. [3]
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]
2. The Irish Pub (2013). Who's in it: Liam Aherne, Willie Aherne, Bobby Blackwell Rating: PG-13 Grab a pint of Guinness and take a virtual trip to the Emerald Isle with Alex Fegan’s documentary ...
Set in Connemara during the Great Irish Famine, the film follows an Irish Catholic soldier who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he deserts his regiment to reunite with his family. The title is taken from the most devastating year of the famine, 1847, which is referred to as "Black '47".
Highland Potato Famine: Scotland: 1845–1852: Great Famine killed more than 1,000,000 out of over 8.5 million people inhabiting Ireland. Between 1.5–2 million people were forced to emigrate [86] Ireland: 600,000 to over 1,500,000 that emigrated 1846: Famine led to the peasant revolt known as "Maria da Fonte" in the north of Portugal [87 ...