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Meaning of word the irish famine from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

the irish famine   noun

Meaning : A famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight. Between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America).

Synonyms : the great calamity, the great hunger, the great starvation