The effects of this event were exacerbated by the "Gregory" clause and the initial laissez-faire approach of Assistant Treasury Secretary Trevelyan and Prime Minister John Russell.  Earlier Robert Peel had used it to justify repeal of the Corn Laws.  One of its results were the death of many in cramped "coffin ships" to the Americas, while it's indirect cause was a boom in
The effects of this event were exacerbated by the "Gregory" clause and the initial laissez-faire approach of Assistant Treasury Secretary Trevelyan and Prime Minister John Russell.  Earlier Robert Peel had used it to justify repeal of the Corn Laws.  One of its results were the death of many in cramped "coffin ships" to the Americas, while it's indirect cause was a boom in population which necessitated the use of the large "Aran Banner" variety, which was immune to the fungus that caused it.  FTP, identify this 1846-1850 catastrophe which hit the Emerald Isle.
The effects of this event were exacerbated by the "Gregory" clause and the initial laissez-faire approach of Assistant Treasury Secretary Trevelyan and Prime Minister John Russell.  
Great Irish Potato Famine (prompt on "Great Hunger" or "Great Famine")