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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:affectedPopulation
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over 8 million
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Great_Famine
gptkb:Great_Hunger
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:History_of_Ireland
19th-century famines
British history
Emigration from Ireland
Potato diseases
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gptkbp:cause
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gptkb:Phytophthora_infestans
potato blight
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:National_Famine_Commemoration_Day
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:Black_'47_(film)
gptkb:Famine_by_Liam_O'Flaherty
gptkb:The_Great_Hunger_by_Cecil_Woodham-Smith
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gptkbp:emigrationNumber
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approximately 1 million
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gptkbp:endDate
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1852
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gptkbp:governmentResponse
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British government relief efforts
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Irish Famine
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ireland
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gptkbp:mainCropAffected
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garlic
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gptkbp:memorial
|
gptkb:Famine_Memorial,_Boston
gptkb:Famine_Memorial,_Dublin
gptkb:National_Famine_Memorial,_County_Mayo
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gptkbp:notableFigure
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gptkb:Charles_Trevelyan
gptkb:John_Russell
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkb:Robert_Peel
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:European_Potato_Failure
gptkb:Highland_Potato_Famine
gptkb:Irish_diaspora
gptkb:Land_War
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gptkbp:relatedLegislation
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gptkb:Encumbered_Estates_Act_1849
gptkb:Poor_Law_Extension_Act_1847
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:disease
emigration
mass starvation
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gptkbp:significance
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decline in Irish language
increased Irish diaspora
major demographic change in Ireland
political tensions between Ireland and Britain
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gptkbp:startDate
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1845
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gptkbp:victim
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approximately 1 million
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gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Victorian_era
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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