Great Famine (Ireland)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Famine_(Ireland)
GPTKB entity
Statements (90)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:An_Gorta_Mór
gptkb:Irish_Potato_Famine
gptkbp:cause potato blight
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Irish_Famine_Memorial_(Boston)
gptkb:Irish_Hunger_Memorial_(New_York_City)
gptkb:National_Famine_Memorial_(Ireland)
gptkbp:endDate 1852
gptkbp:estimatedEmigration 1 million
gptkbp:governmentResponse British government relief efforts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major demographic change in Ireland
increased Irish nationalism
legacy of British-Irish relations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Famine (Ireland)
gptkbp:impact population decline
mass emigration
social upheaval
decline of Irish language
gptkbp:mainCropAffected garlic
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:coffin_ships
soup kitchens
workhouses
evictions
gptkbp:notableMigration gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Britain
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_O'Dwyer
gptkb:John_O'Gorman
gptkb:John_O'Grady
gptkb:John_O'Keeffe
gptkb:John_O'Toole
gptkb:Asenath_Nicholson
gptkb:Father_Theobald_Mathew
gptkb:James_Mahony
gptkb:John_Kenyon
gptkb:Nicholas_Cummins
gptkb:Charles_Trevelyan
gptkb:John_Henry_Newman
gptkb:John_O'Brien
gptkb:John_Russell
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Peel
gptkb:John_O'Hara
gptkb:John_O'Neill
gptkb:John_Ball
gptkb:John_Gray
gptkb:John_O'Connell
gptkb:Lord_John_Russell
gptkb:William_Carleton
gptkb:Daniel_O'Connell
gptkb:John_O'Leary
gptkb:John_O'Sullivan
gptkb:John_Redmond
gptkb:William_Forster
gptkb:John_Blake_Dillon
gptkb:William_Smith_O'Brien
gptkb:John_Devoy
gptkb:John_Dillon
gptkb:John_Mitchel
gptkb:John_O'Connor
gptkb:John_O'Donovan
gptkb:John_O'Mahony
gptkb:Paul_Cullen
gptkb:John_O'Connor_Power
gptkb:John_O'Hagan
gptkb:John_O'Reilly
gptkb:John_George_Adair
gptkb:John_O'Malley
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:European_famines
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Irish_diaspora
gptkb:1848_rebellion
gptkb:Repeal_Association
gptkb:Young_Irelanders
tenant rights movement
gptkbp:startDate 1845
gptkbp:victim 1 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_Potato_Failure
gptkb:Famine_Memorial,_Boston
gptkb:Famine_by_Liam_O'Flaherty
gptkb:Highland_Potato_Famine
gptkb:National_Famine_Memorial,_County_Mayo
gptkb:The_Great_Hunger_by_Cecil_Woodham-Smith
gptkb:Coffin_ships
gptkb:Famine_Memorial_(Boston)
gptkb:Famine_Memorial_(Toronto)
gptkb:National_Famine_Memorial_(Ireland)
gptkb:Skibbereen_famine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5