A 19th Century harper's Weekly illustration of relief from America during the Great Famine, aka the Famine or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852; the most severely affected areas being in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was dominant. During the famine about 1 million people died and more than a million fled the country, causing the country's population to fall by 20–25%.

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Size: 3308px × 4878px
Location: Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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