After 1845, the British government in London controlled Ireland and implemented various policies that caused the famine. These included importing food from North America, which did not provide enough nutrition for the starving population, as well as constructing public works projects that required long hours of manual labor. This relief only made things worse, as it led to increased maternal and child mortality and exported Ireland's food. In 1846, Ireland's weather patterns changed and the potato crop suffered from blight. The UK policy of relief changed in1847and local taxes were raised to cover costs. By 1850, the famine had ended and over 1 million people had died.
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