Irish Famine (1740–1741)
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irish-famine-1740-1741-181-10320414
title:
Irish Famine (1740–1741)
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The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13% and 20% of the 1740 population of 2.4 million people, which was a proportionately greater loss than during the Great Famine of 1845–1852. The famine of 1740–1741 was due to extremely cold and then dry weather in successive years, resulting in food losses in three categories: a series of poor grain harvests, a shortage of milk, and frost damage to potatoes. At this time, grains, particularly oats, wer
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Famine in the Kingdom of Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%931741)
date created:
2003-01-11T00:22:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:30:23Z
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