Irish Potato Famine

  • First report of Potato blight in Ireland

  • one-third crop lost, food prices double, over 120,000 dead

  • Crop appears to be healthy again

  • Potato blight reappears, 75% of crop lost, over 250,000 dead

  • Soup kitchens distibute to over 3 million people daily

  • Soup kitchens close, Over 500,000 emmigrate from Ireland

  • Foeign aid comes from the British, Potato blight confined to the western and southern Ireland

  • Over 1 million dead, 2 million emmigrated, famine still not solved but confined