Top Document: Irish FAQ: The Famine [6/10] Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 2) Why is it controversial? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge More Irish died in the Famine of 1845 to 1849 than in any war before or since. The best estimates (based on census data from 1841 and 1851, as well as other figures) are that around one million people died, or one out of every nine inhabitants. About one and a half million emigrated in the decade after 1845 (the peak was in 1851, when a quarter of a million people left the island). The population continued to decline in Ireland through emigration until well into the second half of this century (it nearly halved between 1840 and 1910). Many say that the west of the country never recovered. The Famine hit one of the richest kingdoms of western Europe in a time of peace. There have been food shortages since and even starvation, but western Europe has not seen a large scale famine since. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Irish FAQ: The Famine [6/10] Previous Document: News Headers Next Document: 2) Why is it controversial? Part00 - Part01 - Part02 - Part03 - Part04 - Part05 - Part06 - Part07 - Part08 - Part09 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: irish-faq@pobox.com (Irish FAQ Maintainer)
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