“Have you ever heard of the Great Potato Famine?” (Mallon, 2013) The Great Potato Famine was a seven-year period of mass famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, which killed between five hundred thousand and one point five million Irish people. The Great Potato Famine killed millions of people from starvation. Other people died once they emigrated from Ireland because they ended up having to live in overcrowded workhouses. The cause of the Great Potato Famine was due to an organism called Phytophthera Infestans (The Free Dictionary, 2013). After reading this article the reader will know everything there is to know about the Great Potato Famine, including the main topics of the Great Potato Famine, which will be covered in detail. The main topics that will be covered are the migration of the potato disease to Ireland and the history of the potato, land consolidation and agricultural laws in Ireland, food exports to Ireland during the famine period, the dependence of potatoes on the Irish and Irish/English Relationship at the Time of the Great Potato Famine. This article was written to prove that the Great Potato Famine was the worst disease to befall the Irish in the 1800s. The entire potato famine was caused by potato blight, as mentioned above. However, the potato blight has not always been present in Ireland. But neither was the potato. Both had actually emigrated to Ireland. The potato was not native to Ireland. Sir Walter Raleigh was believed to have brought the potato to Ireland from the New World around 1507. The potato was perfect for the Irish climate. Potatoes grow well in humid climates where it isn't too hot. They are also very good at growing at higher altitudes, such as in the mountains... middle of paper... an Irish thought on the situation. As the major themes of the Great Potato Famine have been covered, the reader of this article should be very well informed about the migration of the potato disease to Ireland along with the history of the potato, land consolidation and agricultural laws in Ireland, to food exports to Ireland during the time of the famine, to the dependence of potatoes on Ireland the Irish and the Irish/English relationship at the time of the great potato famine. Now that the reader is educated on the topic, has this article proven the case that the Great Potato Famine was the worst disease to befall the Irish in the 1800s? While the reader is wondering whether this article has proven that the Great Potato Famine was the worst disease to befall the Irish in the 1800s, he or she is also wondering whether this disease might be the worst disease to befall the Irish of all time..?