The Great Famine in Ireland. What caused it, and what were its consequences?

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject History of Europe - Modern Times, Absolutism, Industrialization, grade: 1,3, University of Mannheim, course: Ireland since 1800, language: English, abstract: The so-called Great Hunger is not only the best-remembered famine but also the closest to us, with a distance of fewer than 170 years. The creation of new social and cultural conditions because of demog...