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First report of Potato blight in Ireland
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one-third crop lost, food prices double, over 120,000 dead
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Crop appears to be healthy again
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Potato blight reappears, 75% of crop lost, over 250,000 dead
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Soup kitchens distibute to over 3 million people daily
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Soup kitchens close, Over 500,000 emmigrate from Ireland
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Foeign aid comes from the British, Potato blight confined to the western and southern Ireland
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Over 1 million dead, 2 million emmigrated, famine still not solved but confined