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Course of the Famine, R. McKinney - Coggle Diagram
Course of the Famine
1845
Blight struck - destroyed half of the potato crop
Very few people died as farmers had potatoes stocked from the previous years.
1846
Entire potato crop wiped out
Mass starvation and hardship (especially in the West)
Spread of disease
1847
Could not plant potatoes
People ate their potato seeds
Second year of almost no potato harvest
Harsh winter = worsened conditions, mass starvation, evictions, and emigration.
1848
Blight returns
Mass starvation continued
1849
Diseases were prevalent and killed many.
Suffering from the effects of malnutrition
1850
Improvement
Small pockets of blight remained - not on the same scale as previous year
R. McKinney