https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh Nah en-us 2017-05-16 02:25:15 UTC 2025-09-24 05:44:28 UTC hello@padlet.com bl16166 https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171987315 A disease among cops known as Potato Blight was the cause of the famine. The disease caused potato leaves and plants to rot away and become inedible. ]]> 2017-05-16 02:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171987315 bl16166 https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171987787 As potatoes were relied heavily upon by Irish peasants, the failure of the crop caused widespread devastation among the lower classes. Due to the loss of their main crop, the population starved. By the end of the famine, over one million people would have died and another million emigrated to America and Europe. ]]> 2017-05-16 02:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171987787 bl16166 https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171988621 The disease arrived in Ireland accidentally from North America. Due to the coil and moist weather of the year of arrival, Potato Blight was able to thrive. Much of the potato crop that year fell victim and rotted in their fields. The following years of 1846 -49 saw almost every crop killed by the blight. ]]> 2017-05-16 02:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171988621 bl16166 https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171988768 Due to the potatoes nutrition and simplicity to grow, almost half the population came to rely on this crop for survival. ]]> 2017-05-16 02:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/171988768 bl16166 https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/172693863 The first accounts of Potato Blight occurring in Ireland was in September 1845 when potato leaves began to turn black and curl. It continued for six years until 1851 ]]> 2017-05-18 22:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bl16166/4qszzpkguukh/wish/172693863