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The relief offered to the victims of Famine in Ireland

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Peel bought grain from the United States of America for Ireland, organized local relief, and organized employment for many.

Step-by-step explanation:

During the famine in Ireland which started in 1845, Sir Robert Peel, the then United Kingdom Prime Minister bought grain from the United States of America for Ireland, organized local relief, and organized employment for many.

Sir Robert Peel did this by sending a huge sum of £160,000 of maize from the USA to Ireland

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