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Great Irish Famine

1845–1852 famine in Ireland
Event famine Q188371
Great Irish Famine
Illustrated London News, December 22, 1849 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Great Irish Famine is a famine[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of famine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,909 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: Ireland[3]
  • Commons category: Potato famine of Ireland[4]
  • Start time: 1845[5]
  • End time: 1852[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Great Famine (Ireland)[7]
  • Has immediate cause: Phytophthora infestans[8], laissez faire[9], colonialism[10]
  • Native label: an Gorta Mór[11], the Great Famine[12]
  • Different from: Irish famines[13], 1740 Irish Famine[14], 1879 Irish Famine[15], 1861 Irish Famine[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
  • P14541: B74gC[18], Bp6Dc[19]

Why It Matters

Great Irish Famine has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 1274671140
    Sitelink count → 67
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → B74gC, Bp6Dc
    Wikidata description → 1845–1852 famine in Ireland
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  3. 16w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → hungersnøden_i_Irland
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: hungersnøden_i_Irland"
  4. 16w ago · ~2026-36985-58 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → hungersnøden_i_Irland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: hungersnøden i Irland"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Instance of → famine
    Location → Ireland
    Has immediate cause → Phytophthora infestans, laissez faire, colonialism
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007530105005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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