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http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/population/british.htm

The population of Ireland increased rapidly during the first half of the 19th century and numbered 8,3 million inhabitants 1846. But the Irish were completely dependent on potatoes as food and when the harvest failed in the late 1840:s a million Irishmen died of starvation. The reduction of the population continued during next hundred years because of emigration to America.

The signs of starvation: Victims of the Irish potato famine are identified nearly 200 years later using their TEETH
Victims of the Irish potato famine are identified 200 years later using their TEETH | Daily Mail Online

A new technique uses analysis of teeth to identify signs of starvation in human tissues, a new study shows. The technique can identify periods of stress such as famine in both adult and juvenile skeletons if it happened while teeth were developing

An Gorta Mór - The Great Hunger - The Great Irish Potato Famine: Irish Genocide on a Long Fuse
https://www.irishtribes.com/ailt-articles/an-gorta-mor-the-great-hunger-genocide-on-a-long-fuse/