THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE

BLIGHT

• A disease from America called Blight came to Ireland and infected our potatoes
• It turned them black and very very slimey

COFFIN SHIPS

• People got on coffin ships so that they could emigrate to different countries
• There where a load of diseases on board that killed people

POPULATION

• In 1845 the population of Ireland was about 8.5 million
• By the famine had ended 200,000 people had died and 250,000 people left the country

Landlords

• Landlords started upping the rent for tenants that led to more people being evicted and losing their homes

WORKHOUSES

• People were often sent to workhouses so that they could at least be fed and paid
• People that went into workhouses never came out again

SOUP KITCHENS

• Quakers aka the society of friends opened soup kitchens around Ireland
• This was to help starving people get food to eat so that they would not die

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