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August: First report of potato blight in Ireland.
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October: 1/3 of total crop is lost.
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November: Peel orders purchase of 100,000's worth of Indian corn from the United States and establishes Relief Commission
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December: Food prices double, and 86,900 deaths are reported by Census.
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July: Potato crop appears healthy, parliament closes down relief committees.
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August: Blight reappears. 3/4 of the crop lost. Emigration escalates.
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November: Abnormally severe winter sets in. Fever and dysentery are epidemic. The society of friends (quakers) establish a relief committee.
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December: Census reports 122,899 deaths.
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April: Fever act passed to cope with epidemic.
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June: Soup kitchens open
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July: Soup distributed to 3,000,000 people daily.
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December: Census reports 249,335 deaths.
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July: 2/3 potato crop destroyed.
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September: Parliament host extraordinary government relief measures.
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November: Cholera epidemic begins
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December: Census reports 208,252 deaths and 180,000 emigrations this year
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June: Society of friends gives up relief work.
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December: Census reports for the year, 240,797 deaths, 220,000 emigrations, workhouses full, and 16,686 families evicted from their homes.
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1850: The right to vote is extended to farmers who hold twelve acres or more. Census reports 164,093 deaths. 210,000 emigrate.
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1851: Census reports 96,798 deaths.
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1852: Census reports 80,112 deaths. Outdoor relief phased out. An estimated 250,000 emigrate.
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1871: Census reports the population of Ireland as 4,412,000 - half of pre-famine years.