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Ireland in the 19th Century
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In the middle of the
19th
century, the potato crop failed, and Ireland suffered a famine.
A
million
people died from disease and starvation during the Great Famine.
By
1861
there were large populations of Irish people in cities such as Liverpool, London, Manchester and Glasgow.
The Irish
Nationalist
movement had grown strongly through the 19th century. Some, such as the Fenians, favoured complete independence.