Some two million refugees are attributed to the Great Hunger (estimates vary),
500,000dead.
2006-12-21 10:29:05
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answered by snoozer282 3
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As a result of the famine, many Irish families were forced to emigrate from the country. By 1854, between 1.5 and 2 million Irish left their country.
2006-12-21 10:48:08
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answered by pirulee 4
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The number is estimated to be about two million. One possible estimate has been reached by comparing the expected population with the eventual numbers in the 1850s. Earlier predictions expected that by 1851, Ireland would have a population of 8 to 9 million. This calculation is based on numbers contained in the ten year census results compiled since 1821. (However, a recent re-examination of those returns raise questions as to their accuracy; the 1841 Census, for example, incorrectly classed farm children as labourers, affecting later calculations on how many adults capable of childbearing existed to produce children between 1841 and 1851). In 1851 the actual population was 6.6 million. Making straightforward calculations is complicated by a secondary effect of famine, a key side-effect of malnutrition, namely plummeting fertility and sexual activity rates. The scale of that effect on population numbers was not fully recognized until studies done during African famines in the twentieth century. As a result, corrections based on inaccuracies in census returns and on the previous unrealized decline in births due to malnourishment have led to an overall reduction in the presumed death numbers. Modern historians and statisticians estimate that between 500,000 and 1,500,000 died. Some historians suggest the death toll was in the region of 700,000 to 800,000.[4] One website claims a figure of over five million - no serious historian endorses a figure of even half this size. [5] In addition, in excess of one million Irish emigrated to the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, while more than one million emigrated over following decades; by 1911, a combination of emigration and an abnormally high number of unmarried men and women in the population, had reduced the population of Ireland to 4.4 million.
2006-12-21 10:35:38
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answered by Doethineb 7
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About 2 million
2006-12-21 17:39:58
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answered by brainstorm 7
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According to the Wikipedia article, somewhere between 500,000 and a million people died between 1845 and 1849 in Ireland. An estimated 2 million fled the country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Potato_Famine_(1845-1849)
2006-12-21 10:37:05
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answered by Wolfeblayde 7
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This was not a "famine" but a "genocide". It was a deliberate attempt to depopulate the land carried out by absentee landlords. It was only the potato crop that failed. Corn, barley, wheat etc were shipped to England. Prime Minister Tony Blair has officially apologized and acknowledged that it was indeed "Genocide"
2006-12-21 11:22:04
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answered by Anonymous
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I've always heard it was 2 million fled with 500,000 to 1 million dead. Wikapedia says about the same,
2006-12-21 10:39:12
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answered by DCON 2
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Well over a million I think... I'll check...
"By 1854, between 1.5 and 2 million Irish left their country"
... so yeah, about 2 million people.
2006-12-21 10:35:46
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answered by monkeymanelvis 7
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i have studied the potato famine and approx 741,000 fled Ireland.Dont listen to to these other guys.
2006-12-21 11:04:36
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answered by Anonymous
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Exact number not known, but most of their offspring are now policemen in Boston USA
2006-12-21 11:39:48
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answered by cymry3jones 7
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