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the Irish Famine

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1. n. a famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) Source: wordnet

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million America blight death emigrated famine Ireland people potato resulting starved

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