PPT-THE IRISH FAMINE

BY ESTELA BABARSKAITE P7 THE POATAO FAMINE The potato  famine  of 1846 to 1852 hit Ireland and Scotland Many poor people grew potatoes for food Potatoes grew on poor soil even in wet and cold conditions. Setting the stage for disaster. Introduction. The famine killed 1 million people and forced another 1 million to leave. . Most of the land in Ireland was owned by British landlords who rented it to Irish farmers for large amounts of money.. Famine, Disease and the Irish. Great Famine in Ireland. Impact . in . Britain. Focus . on famine and the immediate . post-famine years. , 1845-early . 1850s. On the 27. th. of last month [July] I passed from Cork to Dublin, and this doomed plant [the potato] bloomed in all the luxuriance of an abundant harvest. Returning on the 3. By Leah, Caitlin and Charlie. Emigration. Many people felt there was no future and very little hope in Ireland.. Those with a small amount of savings went to Britain.. About 1.5 million went to the United States of America.. in Africa. BBC News 31. st. January 2006. More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance.. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that 27 sub-Saharan countries now need help.. Genocide- the deliberate systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group. Examples of Genocide throughout history. Rwanda. Kosovo. Irish Famine. Armenian . How Can Hunger kill more people worldwide than Aids/Malaria, but only 1 out of 345 Africans suffer from Famine?. How is famine connected to AIDS & Drought?. HOWEVER. ONLY. . 1 in 345 . Africans are affected by famine in any given year.. By Robert W. Carleton. Population before the famine. In 1800, some five million people lived in Ireland. By the Autumn of 1845, when the great famine struck Ireland, there were more than eight million.. By Tom , John , Shauna , and Laura. The main facts. The famine in Ireland started in 1845-1850. The worst year of the famine was 1847. The winter of 1847 is the coldest winter in living memory. The blight first came in Waterford and Wexford. Famine. A famine is a wide-spread and severe shortage of food affecting large numbers of people. . Natural causes include droughts, floods, earthquakes, insect plagues, and plant disease.. Famine, continued. The Great Irish Potato Famine. Background . Information. Religious Persecution . The Famine. Corn Laws. Poor Act of . 1883. Workhouses. Irish Struggles. “Relief. ”. Crime & Violence. Conclusion & the Effect of the Famine. The Fields Of Athenry.. Causes. The Great Irish Famine began in 1845 when a disease called “blight” caused the potato crop to fail.. Most Irish people were extremely poor and depended on potatoes for all of their food .. “The . Great Irish . Hunger . epoch . changed . the . face and the heart of Ireland. .. The . Famine--yielded like the ice of . the Northern Seas;. it . ran like melted snows in the . veins . of Ireland . TOPIC A: Irish Economic History to Independence. Module Outline. Topic. Title. EoI. . Ch. Dates. A. Irish Economic History to Independence. 1 . MT1-2. B. Irish Economic. History since Independence. Stephen Devereux Lewis Sida and Tina NelisAugust 2017t21br261630r2216r26251829r222616267256292630222925The Humanitarian Learning Centre HLC is a joint initiative of the Institute of Development Studie