the great famine

sub division of land-

through generations families split up their land to give
to their decendents

over dependece

in Ireland the families depended
too much on the potato crop as it was their staple diet

young marriages

people were marrying young and created a higher
population which led to the over dependence on the potato crop

sir robbery peel sent over from America indian
maize

soup kitchens to feed the hungry

workhouses as a last resort

many people in workhouses
died from disease not
starvation.

there were 14
partial or complete famines from 1816 till 1842

the great famine started in 1845 and ended
in 1851

1 million people died

1 million people fled to america

bitterness towards Britain
claiming that they didn't help as
much as they could have

they stopped teaching the Irish language
in schools as they believed that Irish was a poor persons
language