(A) between 1846 and 1854 about a million lrish died of starvation. during that time,more than one and a half million lrish left their country. others left because they were not allowed to worship as they wanted. there were other good reasons why so many lrish left their homeland the mail reason was the potato famine. for years,the potatoes would not grow in lreland. they had a disease and because of this many people died of starvation.