PPT-Lecture 2: The Great Famine

An Górta Mór T he Great Famine Some key dates 1845 9 September Potato blight first reported in Ireland 910 November British Prime Minister Peel authorises importation of Indian corn. 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.. 18 AugGreat-great-granddaughter-in-lawDebrah A. EastmanGreat-great-great-granddaughterRichard SmithJeremy Beattie SmithGreat-great-great-great-grandsonDiane L. Eastman Great-great-great-great-granddau 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 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. Bridget . O’Donnel. and her children . (. from Illustrated . London . News . 1847). Cormac . O’Gráda. , . Famine: A Short History. (2009). The Russian famine. of 1921. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/digital/sara/oddments/russianfamine. List three diseases you know something about. What are the effects of these diseases?. Essential Question. How do disease-causing fungi effect plants?. ?. Fungi:. One of the five kingdoms of organisms.. 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 .. .. 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 . 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 . Stephen Devereux Lewis Sida and Tina NelisAugust 2017t21br261630r2216r26251829r222616267256292630222925The Humanitarian Learning Centre HLC is a joint initiative of the Institute of Development Studie Word. . Of. God. A Famine of the Word of God. What will Lead to this Famine?. Materialism. . (Amos 3:15; 6:1-8). Matthew 13:22 . – cares and riches choke out the word.. John 6:26-27 . – material focus eclipses spiritual significance..