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Did the Irish potato famine continue into the 1900s?
The political impact of the Great Famine still exists to this day up to a degree, in the sense of a large amount of Irish people still hold grudges against the English due to the history.
Did the British cause the potato famine in Ireland?
Ireland did not have its own government during the famine. It was still under British rule at that time.
Why did many Irish come to the United States in the mid- 1800?
The Irish potato blight receded in 1850, the effects of the famine continued to spur Irish emigration into the 20th century. Still facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they reunited with relatives who had fled at the height of the famine.
What was the Irish flee of hunger?
The great Famine, Its was a period of mass starvation, illness and immigrations was between 1845 and 1852. More commonly known as "The Great Potato Famine". The true name of what happened was call An Gorta Mor, meaning great hunger, or an Dorchshaol, meaning the bad times. During these times there were more then 1 million deaths from illness and starvation, and over a million emigrated from Ireland. The disease was called Potato Blight. It still today is great debate in what really was the cause. It is known that this wiped the fields and more then 1/3 of the population depended on these as crops or food, but still many years later the political and social factors still play a myth in what really was the cause. You can find good reading on this in your history books in school.
Why was there a famine in Ireland in the 1840s?
the poorest tenant farmers had become totally dependent on a single crop for survival - the potato in 1845 and for the next 5 years the crop failed almost completely due to potato blight leaving these people with no food, no money to buy food - there was still plenty being exported and a UK government which believed in non intervention
How did potatoes famine affect Irish emmigration?
The population dropped sharply due to death and emigration. More of the population moved towards the eastern side of the country. The majority of the population still lives on the east. The famine still features in Irish history as a major turning point for the country.
Why did many Irish come to the US in the mid-1800s?
At that time, the was a potato blight in the west of Ireland, which is referred to as the Great Famine. Prior to this, Irish population was at its highest. People left on ships to work on plantations, or escape the blight. Most left because of evictions. They mainly went to: US, Australia and England. Even when the blight was gone, people continued to leave, looking for jobs, or even family. Irish population has still not recovered from the Famine.
What were the effects of the potato blight in Ireland?
Initially it destroyed the potato crop. This led to hunger and famine and many people dying or leaving Ireland, severely reducing the population, which still has not reached the same levels as they were before the famine began in 1845.
Why Does famine force people to migrate?
Famine could lead to starvation and death. So, if there are no foodstuffs in storage, people will move to an area where food is still available. When wet weather and the potato blight over several seasons caused starvation to many people in Ireland, many Irish emigrated to America.
Did the Irish speak Irish during the great Famine?
Yes. Many Irish people still speak Irish every day. It is a compulsory subject in Irish schools and required for some jobs. --- They did, but after the famine they were forced to speak english. This was because many Irish emigrated to england, America and Australia to look for jobs. In schools, the children were beaten if they spoke Irish in order to get them to learn it faster. Thanks to those events, Ireland isn't really the same with Irish anymore.
Why did the Irish potato famine end?
There was a disease going around called mildew which made the potatoes all black and mushy so nobody could eat them or they would be poisoned The disease was not called Mildew, it was called The Blight (Phytophthora infestans). The potato famine was caused by a fungi called potato blight. after just days from coming out of the ground, the potato's would be slimy, black, and rotten.
Why did the potato fungus in Ireland impact the population so horrifically?
In the 1840s the potato was widely grown in Ireland. It formed a major part of the diet of many Irish people. When the fungus killed the potatoes it cause a failure of the crop. This led to a famine. As a result many people starved to death or left Ireland in search of a better life. To this day the population of Ireland is still much lower than it was before the famine.
