Make this paragraph more neutral: skibbereen 1847 by cork artist james mahony (18101879), commissioned by illustrated london news 1847.the great famine ( or an drochshaol, lit: the bad life) was a calamitous period of starvation, disease and mass emigration between 1845 and 1852 during which the population of ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent.
skibbereen 1847 by cork artist james mahony (18101879), commissioned by illustrated london news 1847.the great famine ( or an drochshaol, lit: the bad life) was a period of starvation, disease and mass emigration between 1845 and 1852 during which the population of ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent.