"The Great Hunger", in 19th-Century Ireland was one of the Great human tragedies of modern times.
At the same time, acute famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands and caused hardship and distress there..
Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. "The Great Hunger", in 19th-Century Ireland was one of the Great human tragedies of modern times