Irish Famine 1861 refers to the famine that occurred in 1861,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The Western part was hit hardest.
In 1861, there were reports of famine in Ireland.
Three-fourths of the potato crop were destroyed, and the people of
western Ireland
The West is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region in Ireland. It is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland (coded IE042) under the Eurostat classification. It consists of the counties of Galway, Mayo and Ro ...
were worse off than in 1847.
It has been reported that England declined extraordinary relief.
See also
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Irish famine (disambiguation)
References
Famines in Ireland
19th-century famines
1861 in Ireland
1861 disasters in Europe
1860s disasters in Ireland
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