Support for home rule grew as a result of this situation, which caused the deaths of a million people and the emigration of a million more.
The ballad "The Fields of Athenry" is about a man driven to take desperate measures by this crisis. Catholics who accepted Protestant religious instruction in order to get help during this crisis were nicknamed "soupers." This situation was worsened by the system of absentee landlords as well as by the Corn Laws. Support for home rule grew as a result of this situation, which caused the deaths of a million people and the emigration of a million more. For 10 points, name this crisis in Ireland caused by a blight affecting a staple food.
The ballad "The Fields of Athenry" is about a man driven to take desperate measures by this crisis.
Irish potato famine [or the Great Famine; or an Gorta MÃ³r]