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During the famine about 1 million died of hunger and diseases. The proximate cause of the famine was apotato disease, known as potato blight. The potato disease killed potato crops all over Europe, but the impact on Ireland was devastating, About two fifths of the population were relying on the cheap crop

So then the potato wasn't eatable, they couldn't afford any other food, And died of starvation, diseases or emigrated to North America,

The emigration to North America was extreme, over 800000 people emigrated for a better life, and hopes and Dreams.

Why was the Ireland so dependent off the potato?

The potato came to Ireland around 1590 and it was a Big success.

The potato earn food to the people, and animal feed, and in middle of the 1800 was ? of the ground used to growing Off potatoes.

But after the potato harvest had failed two years in a row and thousands of people had emigrated, came the disaster.Ireland's potato plants were hit by potato plague, which was an epidemic of late blight in 1845-47.But the reason that Ireland was so dependent on the potato was mostly because it was their food consisted of. In the course of a day, could men eating about 60 potatoes, women could eating about 40 potatoes and children could eating about 25 potatoes. So it was a very great importance for Ireland when the disaster came.