They're dying by the tens of thousands. Eventually a million are going to perish. Some people estimate even up to 2 million. And a million are going to ditch Ireland for the shores in Liverpool, in Toronto, in Boston, in New York. They're going to get the heck out of Dodge. Ireland loses 25% of its population in this potato famine that only lasted for five years in the 1840s. Ireland lost something like 25% of its population.