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mar 1, 1860 - Potato famine

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A million die in the potato famine, and the resulting problems continue to enforce systemic poverty. Over 2 million left Ireland during the famine itself, but mass migration didn’t slow until 1921.

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mar 1, 1860
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~ 166 years ago