Irish Potato Famine


 * As many as 1000000 Irish peasants starved due to crop loss
 * Phytophthora infestans, a fungus-like organism, devastated a certain lumber
 * Prompted Robert Peel to rescind the Corn Laws
 * Absentee landlords and extreme subdivisions contributed to it
 * "Coffin ships" were used to escape during this event
 * "Souperists" took advantage of it to convert kids to Protestantism
 * Cecil Woddham-Smith blamed it on Charles Trevelyan
 * The Battle of Ballingarry was fought during this event
 * Charles C. Mann (1493) argued that the move away from lazy beds exacerbated it