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Population 4,5 million
Irish industry was suppressed, which meant that most of Ireland remained agricultural – depended on the potato as the only crop. -
English Language replaces the Gaelic Language
The English language is introduced in Irish schools and is being spread as the main language. -
Population 8 million
Peasents were even more poor, because they had to split and devide the land. -
Sick potatoes
Potato crops were attacked by decease - The start of the Great Famine -
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Immigration
Two million Irish immagrates to Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia -
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Starvation
Up to a million people dies from starvation and disease. -
Population 4,5 million
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Liam O'Flaherty - Famine
Novel about about the peasents life under the Great Famine
