history of poverty
type: Concept
narrower: Irish famine

causes of poverty
type: Concept
narrower: Irish famine

events
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Irish famine

Irish famine
type: Concept
definition: The Irish Great Famine, or An Gorta Mór, refers to events between 1845 and 1852, when the Irish nation was devastated by an agricultural catastrophe with effects that can be discerned to the present day. An estimated 1.5 million men, women, and children died of starvation and disease. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Irish Famine]
broader: history of poverty
broader: causes of poverty