A scene of an impoverished family during The Great Famine aka the Famine (mostly within Ireland) or the Irish Potato Famine (mostly outside Ireland), a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 caused by potato blight which infected potato crops. From 1846, the impact of the blight was exacerbated by the British Whig government's economic policy of laissez-faire capitalism. Longer-term causes include the system of absentee landlordism and single-crop dependence.

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Size: 3420px × 5118px
Location: West coast of Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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