Question

When did Ireland suffer famine?

• A. Between 1822 and 1826
• B. Between 1832 and 1836
• C. Between 1835 and 1839
• D. Between 1845 and 1849

Answer 1

The correct option is D Between 1845 and 1849

• Great Famine, also called Irish Potato Famine, Great Irish Famine, or Famine of 1845–49, was a famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years.
• The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant