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Between 1845 and 1850, more than a million Irish people starved to death while massive quantities of food were being exported from their country. A half million were evicted from their homes during the potato blight, and a million and a half emigrated to America, Britain and Australia, often on-board rotting, overcrowded "coffin ships". This is the story of how that immense tragedy came to pass.

This material is available in two formats, HTML format and pdf format.

The HTML format allows you to examine the curriculum, print the curriculum. The curriculum in HTML format can be accessed by clicking on the following link - The Great Irish Famine in HTML format

The pdf format allows you to examine the curriculum, print the curriculum and save the curriculum in its original format (contains page breaks). The curriculum in pdf format can be accessed by clicking on the following link - The Great Irish Famine in pdf format

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For more information about the The Great Irish Famine curriclum please contact:

the Irish Famine Curriculum Committee, James Mullin, Chairman: 757 Paddock Path, Moorestown, NJ 08057 Phone: 609.727.4255, FAX: 609.866.9538, email: JVMullin@aol.com

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