Yes there were. There were many used when Ireland was poor and people were starving. The most significant period that they were used was during the famine in Ireland during the second half of the 1840s. Many people ended up in the workhouses during that period of Irish history.
The population of Ireland decrease do to disease and starvation. Between death and emigration the population reduced by about 2 million. To this day, the population of Ireland has not reached the level of about 8 million that was there before the famine.
550,000 people died in 1847 due to famine in Ireland.
When the famine began in 1845, many people began to emigrate from Ireland, many of those going to America. There would have been some emigration to America before that, but the famine increased the numbers going.
Everyone in Ireland because of the potato famine in the 1900"s
Yes there were. There were many used when Ireland was poor and people were starving. The most significant period that they were used was during the famine in Ireland during the second half of the 1840s. Many people ended up in the workhouses during that period of Irish history.
they emigrated to America
550,000 people died in 1847 due to famine in Ireland.
The Irish Potato Famine
When the famine began in 1845, many people began to emigrate from Ireland, many of those going to America. There would have been some emigration to America before that, but the famine increased the numbers going.
The population of Ireland decrease do to disease and starvation. Between death and emigration the population reduced by about 2 million. To this day, the population of Ireland has not reached the level of about 8 million that was there before the famine.
Hunger.
The rural people of Ireland.
There was a famine in Ireland starting in the middle of the 1840s, which was caused by potato blight destroying potatoes. Potatoes formed a major part of the diet of Irish people, so when the famine struck, many Irish people died and many emigrated. Even today, the population of Ireland has not reached the level it was before the famine.
around 1 million
Everyone in Ireland because of the potato famine in the 1900"s
(Apex) Millions of people fleeing Ireland for the Americas.