The Irish famine: everything you wanted to know
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The Impact of the Irish Famine
Famine put tremendous pressure on the towns and cities in ireland. At least one meple one million people died, two million people emigrated. In the space of six to ten years, ireland lost 25 per cent of her population. Even as we speak to day, the population of ireland is smaller than it was in 18 forty five. So many, many consequences.
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