The Great Famine in Ireland

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:causedBy potato blight
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Gorta_Mór
Famine graveyards
Famine_Memorial_in_Dublin
gptkbp:completed 1852
gptkbp:culturalImpact literature and art
memorials and commemorations
gptkbp:demographics population decline
increased mortality rates
changes in birth rates
gptkbp:economicImpact changes in land ownership
decline of agriculture
gptkbp:foundedIn 1845
gptkbp:governs poor law extension
gptkbp:historicalImpact rise of nationalism
land reform movements
political_changes_in_Ireland
gptkbp:historicalPeriod oral histories
government reports
newspaper articles
personal diaries
letters and correspondence
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the worst famines in history
catalyst_for_Irish_independence_movement
impact_on_British-Irish_relations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Great Famine in Ireland
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Irish_diaspora
gptkbp:legacy impact on food security policies
awareness of agricultural dependency
influence on global famine responses
influence_on_Irish_identity
commemoration_practices_in_Ireland
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:John_Mitchel
gptkb:Charles_Trevelyan
gptkb:Daniel_O'Connell
gptkbp:occursIn gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:populationTrend approximately 1 million people
gptkbp:resultedIn disease outbreaks
emigration
mass starvation
gptkbp:wrote 'The_Famine'_by_John_O'Connor
'The_Famine_in_Ireland'_by_Cormac_Ó_Gráda
'The_Great_Hunger'_by_John_B._Keane
'The_Hunger'_by_Aifric_Campbell
'The_Last_of_the_Irish'_by_John_McGahern