Episode 2 of 2

Mansion House Committee Crop Assessment

When
19 November 1845
Where
Dublin
Part of
Potato blight breaks out in Ireland, beginning the Great Famine

The Dublin Mansion House Committee claimed on 19 November 1845 that more than one-third of the potato crop had been destroyed.

The Dublin Mansion House Committee for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, to which hundreds of letters were directed from all over Ireland, claimed on 19 November 1845 to have ascertained beyond doubt that considerably more than one-third of the entire of the potato crop had been already destroyed.

Sources

  1. Great Famine (Ireland) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02

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