A STARVING population cut by a quarter, with a million dying and a million more emigrating as refugees, the Potato Famine of 1845-1852 shaped the history of Ireland more than any event since the pl… ...

Queen Victoria was dubbed "The Famine Queen" by Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, ... 1845, the first year that the blight destroyed the potato crop. By 1846, the tide was turning, however, ...

The potato famine was a major event in modern Irish history. ... The late queen's great-grandmother Queen Victoria was on the throne at the time and according to a report from Irish Central, ...

Over the next seven years, known as The Irish Potato Famine, approximately 1 million of Victoria's Irish subjects died of ...

Episode six of season two tells the horrific story of Ireland's Great Famine, which led to the death of a million people. How did Sir Robert Peel and Queen Victoria respond? ITV, PBS Masterpiece ...

Royal myth exposed: Queen Victoria's 'non-compassionate' fury with Irish over famine (Image: GETTY) Valuations show that in today's currency £2,000 in the mid-1800s would be around £6.5million.

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...

But Queen Victoria held power through ambitious reforms and imperialist policies, ... And in Ireland, the potato famine between 1845 and 1852 fomented outright rebellion. 4th of July Sale ...

ITV’s landmark drama saw Queen Victoria (played by Jenna Coleman) hear the news about a “horrific famine” in Ireland. The drama then saw Victoria adamant that her government should be doing ...