(1)Between 1846 and 1854 about a million Irish died of starvation.
(2)During that time, more than one and a half million Irish left their country.
(3)Others left because they were not allowed to worship as they wanted.
(4)There were good reasons why so many Irish left their homeland
. (5)The main reason was the potato famine.
(6)For years, the potatoes would not grow in Ireland.
(7)They had a disease and because of this many people died of starvation