when was the potato famine in ireland

The main period of the Irish Potato Famine (the Great Famine) was from 1845 to about 1852, with the worst years often highlighted as 1845–1849.

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• The famine began after a potato blight hit the Irish crop in 1845, destroying much of the staple food of the poorer population.

• Historians usually date the core famine years to 1845–1849, though its effects on population, emigration, and society continued into the early 1850s.

• Many modern summaries describe it as lasting roughly from 1845 to 1852, to capture both the peak starvation years and the extended period of crisis and mass emigration.

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