Question

In ‘Scoured the hand in ‘forty five’; ‘Forty five’ refers to the ______.

Options

• Date when the Irish potato famine occurred

• Suffering of the Irish for 45 years

• Freedom of Ireland

• Invention of mechanical diggers.

Answer 1

In ‘Scoured the hand in ‘forty five’; ‘Forty five’ refers to the Date when the Irish potato famine occurred.

Explanation:

Forty-five refers to 1845, the year associated with the beginning of the Great Irish Famine, when potato crops were devastated by blight. It is not a reference to 45 years of suffering.