The Great Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór, [anˠ ˈgɔɾˠt̪ˠa mˠoːɾˠ]) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.

Destroying Ireland's main food supply, potatoes, using Blight until many of the Irish immigrate to America to find better lives for them and their families.