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Prelude to Famine 1: Irish Agriculture
Prelude to Famine 2: The Potato
Prelude to Famine 3: Economics
Prelude to Famine 4: Demographics

The Famine 1: Potato Blight
The Famine 2: Distribution of Famine Effects
The Famine 3: Peel's Relief Programme to July 1846
The Famine 4: The Winter of 1846 to 1847
The Famine 5: The Summer of Black '47
The Famine 6: The Famine after 1847

Effects of Famine 1: Agriculture
Effects of Famine 2: Emigration
Effects of Famine 3: Demographics

Link to this "Great Famine" section at: www.irelandstory.com/past/famine
This section was written for The Ireland Story by Wesley Johnston.