PPT-The Irish Potato Famine 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. 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.. By . Caoimhe. Leonard.. . The Great Famine Of 1845.  .  . Blight . i. n . t. he . p. otatoes was the cause of the famine. . Background to the Great Famine. The potato was the principal source of nutrition for . 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 . Migrant. – someone who moves from place to place.. Immigrant. – someone who migrates to another country. Often permanently.. Emigrant. – someone who leaves their native country.. Exile. – someone who has been expelled from their native country.. An Górta Mór. T. he Great Famine. : Some key dates . 1845. 9 September:. Potato blight first reported in Ireland . 9-10 November:. British Prime Minister Peel authorises importation of Indian corn. 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 . .. Charlie Walsh. Aisling O'Reilly. Sophia Hickey. Mia Flood. Hannah-Jane Downey.. What is a Famine?. A Famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several factors including war, population imbalances and crop failure which caused Ireland's Famine in 1845. The potato blight was caused by a fungus called . There are 32 counties in Ireland. Twenty-six of them are located in the Republic of Ireland. The other six counties are in Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom.. Northern Ireland . Republic of Ireland . 1845-1851. Could the British Government have stopped this famine?. Taken from the article ‘The . Great Irish Potato . Famine’.  by James Donnelly. Exhausted and hungry Irish lad scratching the earth looking for potatoes or anything edible. “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 . Chapter 14. Solan. aceae: . The Nightshade Family. Economically Important Members of the Nightshade Family. Tomato. : History, Uses. Potato: . Morphology, Nutritional Value, History, Uses. Solanaceae Family Characters. Gershuny. . for a . . discussion . on. The. . evolution of organic agriculture and sustainable food . systems. Books will be available for purchase and signing. . Wednesday . March 30. th. 7. :30 to 9:.