The Great Hunger

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Munster
gptkb:Leinster
gptkb:Connacht
gptkb:Ulster
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Irish_Potato_Famine
gptkbp:cause potato blight
British government policies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:National_Famine_Commemoration_Day
gptkb:Famine_Memorial_(Boston)
gptkb:Famine_Memorial_(Dublin)
gptkb:National_Famine_Memorial_(Ireland)
gptkbp:consequence mass emigration
social upheaval
decline of Irish language
rise of Irish nationalism
Irish population decline
land reform in Ireland
gptkbp:emigratedTo over 1 million people emigrated
gptkbp:endDate 1852
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Great Hunger
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:mainCropAffected garlic
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Charles_Trevelyan
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkb:Robert_Peel
gptkb:Daniel_O'Connell
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_Great_Hunger_by_Patrick_Kavanagh
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845–1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:European_Potato_Failure
gptkb:Highland_Potato_Famine
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Irish_diaspora
gptkb:Gregory_Clause
gptkb:Encumbered_Estates_Act
gptkb:coffin_ships
gptkb:Repeal_of_the_Corn_Laws
gptkb:Blight_(Phytophthora_infestans)
gptkb:Quakers_(Relief_efforts)
gptkb:Irish_Poor_Laws
gptkb:British_Relief_Association
Soup kitchens
workhouses
corn laws
Irish emigration to America
Irish emigration to Canada
tenant evictions
gptkbp:startDate 1845
gptkbp:victim approximately 1 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Patrick_Kavanagh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5