An Gorta Mór
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An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Famine
→
famine → historical event → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Famine
→
Irish Potato Famine → |
| associatedWith |
Irish diaspora in Australia
→
Irish diaspora in Britain → Irish diaspora in Canada → Irish diaspora in the United States → Irish nationalism → evictions of tenant farmers → workhouses in Ireland → |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Poor Law system
→
laissez-faire economic policy → |
| commemoratedBy |
National Famine Memorial (Murrisk, County Mayo)
→
National Famine Museum (Strokestown Park) → |
| commemoratedOn |
National Famine Commemoration Day
→
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| country |
Ireland
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|
| demographicImpact |
Irish population reduced by about one quarter
→
long-term population decline in Ireland → |
| economicImpact |
collapse of smallholdings
→
increased land consolidation → |
| endTime |
1852
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| fieldOfWork |
Irish history
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|
| hasEffect |
mass emigration
→
mass starvation → population decline in Ireland → widespread disease → |
| hasPart |
Black 47
→
winter of 1846–1847 → |
| influenced |
Irish folk memory
→
Irish literature → |
| languageOfName |
Irish
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|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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| location |
island of Ireland
→
rural Ireland → |
| mainCause |
Phytophthora infestans
→
potato blight → |
| nativeName |
An Gorta Mór
→
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| numberOfDeaths |
approximately 1 million
→
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| numberOfEmigrants |
over 1 million
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| politicalContext |
British rule in Ireland
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| significantIn |
development of Irish nationalism
→
history of Ireland → patterns of global migration → |
| socialImpact |
disruption of rural society
→
growth of Irish diaspora → |
| startTime |
1845
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| timePeriod |
mid-19th century
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Great Famine
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alsoKnownAs |
|
An Gorta Mór
→
|
nativeName |
|
British–Irish relations
("Great Famine of Ireland")
→
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shapedByEvent |