Arguably, the famine began on 13 September 1845 when the first incidence of the Blight was reported in Ireland.
The Black 47 refers to 1847, the worst year during the Irish Famine.
Because of the potato famine (1845-1852) 1.5 million Irish left their country. In 1847, more than 200,000 Irish emigrated, but 1851 was the peak year for most Irish emigration, estimated that 250,000 Irish emigrated from Ireland in that year alone.
I believe Halloween began to be celebrated in the late 30s and the early 40s in the US.
Many of the Irish came to America during the 1840's due to the potato famine. the two websites below have information about the immigration of the Irish and the second one is about the famine and disease that went on in Ireland and ships over to the Americas and England. http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/immig/irish4.htmlhttp://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/introduction.htm
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The main one was in 1845-1851 but it continued for decades afterwards
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It is hard to say. It is atleast over 2,000,000 and that's not including the famine, including the famine its about 3,000,000. This includes all the innocent people killed over the 800 year occupation.
Traditionally it has been the month of September.
Meitheamh is the Irish language name for the month of June.
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