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first report of potato blight in ireland
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one-third of total crop lost
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peel orders purchase of 1000,000 eurors worth of corn from the us
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food prices double
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sale of indian corn approved
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russel replaces peel as prime minister
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potato crops appear healthy
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blight reappears 3/4 of crop lost emigration escalates
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severe winter comes in fever and dysentery are epidemic
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122,899 deaths by census reports
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soup kitchen act passed
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714,000 people employed on relife works
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fever act passed to cope with epidemic
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soup kitchens open
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soup distributed to 3,000,000 people daily
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little evidence of blight but harvest i 1/4 the normaal size and to small to sustain population
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soup kitches close large scale emmigration continuse late into year
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Emigration records estimate 220,000 left in ireland
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census reports249,335 deaths
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2/3 of potato crop destroyed young ireland uprising takes place
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cholera epidemic begins
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census reports 208,252 deaths 180,000 emigrate in 1848
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rate-in-aid act distributes rates equally all over poor law unions
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society of friends gives up relife work
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Queen victoria visits ireland potato light confiend to west and south
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16,686 evicted families, estimated 220,00 emigrated, and 240,797 deaths
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the right to vote is extended to farmers who hold twelve acers or more
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census reports 96,798 deaths
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the brithes government cancels the 4 million (erours) that the irish rate payers owe
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census reports the population of ireland as 4,412,000 half of the pre-famine years