An Gorta Mór 1845-1852

- Catholics were unable to purchase or inherit land, and their landholdings were often confiscated and given to British aristocracy in what was called The Plantation of Ireland and which led to widespread poverty among the Catholic population.

We've opted to use "An Gorta Mór" but admit there is a case for the latter being a more accurate moniker, most importantly because there truly was no famine in Ireland in this timeframe and the blight itself would not have caused the mass starvation, disease and emigration which ensued.