By Wilson Chafutsa Great Famine—also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845– 49—was a famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of …
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