The Irish Famine occurred roughly from the years;

This disease was responsible for killing the potato crop during the famine years.

The Famine is also known as The Great Hunger, or in Irish?

The Irish lost over a million people to death and?

The worst year of the Famine has come to be known as;

The party of an Irish person leaving for “Amerikay” came to be known as;

The figure of Irish deaths due to the Famine was close to;

Some Landlords far from being sympathetic to the plight of the Irish, demanded the destitute Irish to pay their rents or face this cruel fate.

Evictions were carried out by the British and Irish authorities and their “Crow Bar Gangs” by;

A blessing and a curse for the Irish, this has provided a way to a better life for many.

Often times old and in disrepair this term came to be used for the ships that helped the Irish escape the horrors of "The Famine".