The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America.
The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, th.
It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British \'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance\' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire \'solutions\' - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering.
The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America