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Scene at Skibbereen during the Great Famine, by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by The Illustrated London News, 1847.
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Location	Ireland
Period	1845–1852
Total deaths	1 million
Observations	Policy failure, potato blight, Corn Laws, British Anti-Catholicism
Relief	see below
Impact on demographics	Population fell by 20–25% due to mortality and emigration
Consequences	Permanent change in the country’s demographic, political and cultural landscape
Website	List of memorials to the Great Famine
Preceded by	Irish Famine (1740–1741)
Succeeded by	Irish Famine, 1879 (An Gorta Beag)

The Great Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland…