PPT-Irish ‘Great Famine’

18451851 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. 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.. Chapter 2. AG 201. Dr. WJ Mueller. Famines get a lot of attention. Fairly small part of the world food problem. If we solved the famine problem. The hunger problem would not be much less. Famines are:. 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 . Introduction to Irish . History. John Rickard. Bucknell. University. Irish Geography. Ireland . is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. Map of Ireland. Lying . 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 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. 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 . 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 . “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 . 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..