The Great Irish Potato Famine
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The Great Irish Potato Famine, also known as An Gorta Mór or the Great Hunger, was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849. Caused by a devastating potato blight, this historical catastrophe led to over a million deaths and fundamentally reshaped Ireland's demographic, social, and political future.