Legacy of the Great Irish Famine
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For the main article on the Great Famine, see Great Famine (Ireland).
The legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland (Irish: An Gorta Mór[1] or An Drochshaol, litt: The Bad Life) followed a catastrophic period of Irish history between 1845 and 1852[2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 50 percent.[3]
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The Great Famine (1845–1849) was a watershed in the history of Ireland.[4] Its effects permanently changed the island's demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory[5] and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements. Modern historians regard it as a dividing line in the Irish historical narrative, referring to the preceding period of Irish history as "pre-Famine".