The Great Famine In Ireland

More than a million Irish people died during the Irish Potato famine that hit Ireland between 1845 to 1849 (Pollard, pg. 551). Potatoes were the primary diet of the Irish, especially the Irish Lump potato. When the fungal disease hit, known as “potato blight,” the Irish potato crops were lost. After reading primary sources regarding the Irish Potato Famine, the reader can visualize the horrors that the Irish people endured during the Irish Potatoes Famine including starvation, the physical and the mental effects that go along with it, the loss of family members, and especially witnessing their children starve and die. Both Trench and Bennet had the purpose and intent of recording conditions exactly as they

In the early 1800s life in Ireland wasn’t easy, Irish citizens got by day to day by farming and relying on the potato. The potato was their main source of food and money. With out the potato the Irish would have nothing. No one was prepared for what was about to happen in 1845, the beginning of the Great Irish Potato Famine.

     Nineteenth-century Ireland was the most densely populated country in Europe: in 1800, its population was 4.5 million, and by 1841, it had risen to eight million (Kinealy 15). Yet much of this population existed in condition of sorrow and misery lay in the dependence of the peasantry on just one staple crop, the potato; in western countries like Mayo and Galway, nine-tenths of the people ate nothing else (MacManus 602). Here was a disaster waiting to happen, made worst by the rapid rise in population in the first half of the century which forced the peasants to subsist on smaller plots of land (O Grada, The Great Irish Famine 63).

“Beginning in 1845 and lasting for six years, the potato famine killed over a million men, women and children in Ireland and caused another million to flee the country” (The History Place-Introduction). During the 1840s many Irish citizens lived in poverty. For food, the Irish relied almost entirely on potatoes because of their low cost and nutritional value. Then a devastating potato blight began in Europe in 1845 and destroyed the crops every year until 1851. Due to Ireland’s poor government the citizens we not able to recover from the famine quickly.

More than a million Irish people died during The Irish Potato famine that hit Ireland between 1845 to 1849 (Pollard, pg. 551). Potatoes were the primary diet of the Irish, especially the Irish Lump potato. When the fungal disease hit, known as “potato blight,” the Irish potato crops were lost. After reading primary sources regarding the Irish Potato Famine, the reader can visualize the horrors that the Irish people endured during the Irish Potatoes Famine including starvation, the physical and the mental effects that go along with it, the loss of family members, and especially witnessing their children starve and die. Both Trench and Bennet had the purpose and intent of recording conditions

The Great Irish Potato Famine was during a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration through 1845-1850. According to the journal, “The Context of Migration: The Example of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century” by James H. Johnson, this caused the population of Ireland to decrease 20-25% and it did not stabilize again until the 1930’s. Although there was a potato crop failure in Europe in the 1840’s, one third of the Irish population was dependent on this crop. This was inevitable due to the sole dependency of the Irish people on home-grown potatoes and the population almost doubling from 1800 - 1840. The journal, “Spaces for Famine: A Comparative Analysis in Ireland and the Highlands in the 1840’s” by Liz Young states that “if the

Before the Irish Immigrants affected America, they immigrated to it. About 17% of the Irish immigrants to come America came before the 1840s. Because of the Irish potato famine, most of the Irish immigrants came to America between 1845 to 1860. The Irish potato famine, or The Great Potato Famine, was caused by a late blight on potato crops year after year, starting in 1945 and slowing down by 1851. The blight, otherwise known as Phytophthora infestans, infects the leaves and edible roots of the potato plant, leaving the whole crop rotting in the fields. Because at least half of Ireland at that time, mainly her poor, depended heavily on the potato crop as the main source of nutrients and the rest of Ireland consumed it in large numbers,

The main crop in Ireland was potatoes, which they had grown successfully there since the late 1500’s. Nearly half of the population had potatoes and buttermilk for every meal. Farmers only grew a couple of different types of potatoes which caused them to have little genetic variety. Since their genetic variety was not diverse it set them up for a crop failure and made them more susceptible to disease. To add to the risk a new prime minister took over in Britain who decided to rely heavily on Ireland’s resources which made the famine

Nearly 41 million immigrants lived in the United States in 2012. A historical high for a country that has been a major destination for immigrants throughout history. Immigration from the mid-1700's to modern day has greatly impacted the United States. This essay will inform you about how, why, and the impacts of immigration from the 1700’s up until today.

During the years after the Revolutionary War and the earliest days of the republic there was, on average, 6000 immigrants per year. The earliest versions of Congress didn’t have much power to control immigration as they left that power to state governments. However in 1790 they passed the first Naturalization Act, which stated "…any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States..." effectively ending any hope at the time for free black people, indentured servants, or Native Americans of becoming citizens. It also provided for citizenship for the children of U.S. citizens born abroad,

The Great Famine caused distress amount thousands of Irish that resolved in them immigrating to start a new life, numerous of them to America. This tragedy that hit Ireland lead to mass starvation, disease, and even death. The Great Famine primarily hit the farmers and those who weren’t as wealthy, they had the right to stay and fight for their life or find a new way of life. Anyhow, two million Irish arrived at Ellis Island from 1820 to 1860, it’s lead to believe that up to 75% of these immigrants were from the famine.

Labeled a problem due to their religious alignment, England’s government continued to oppress and ignore Irish citizens. To make life in Ireland worse, the overpopulation led the Irish government to disregard reports of crop failings and use the famine as a means to fix the population problem. The Great Famine, which began in 1845 and continued through 1849, created a total upset of social, economic, and political life in Ireland, which worsened situations for the poor, caused uprisings and mass emigration, an increase in religious belief, and benefited those in positions of

Before the Great Famine, Ireland was flourishing with people, life overall was good. That would all take a radical turn, many lives would change due to the upcoming famine. From 1845 to 1848, it would become known as a turning point in Ireland's history. At this time, a potato famine had erupted within Ireland. It was caused due to a plant fungus that had ruined almost all of their crop. Of course, the plant fungus had always been a worry, but there was nothing that could be done about it. If farmers were looking for aiming to treat their fields

Ireland 1845, food was suddenly scarce, money was hard to earn, and what little was earned was immediately spent for survival. The people of Ireland had grown up used to missing meals due to crop failure. However, previous crop failures couldn’t compare to the potato famine of 1845. For the next five years, the blight destroyed nearly all the potato crops and killed many Irish. About one million people died during this time in Ireland because of the starvation and disease. About two million fled the lands of Ireland in hopes of escaping the starvation, disease, death, and poverty that had taken over Ireland since the famine. The tenant farmers, who suffered would farm land that belonged to the absentee landlords. They would grow many crops, most of which were very successful. They were only allowed to keep the potato crops for their own; the rest of the crops would be harvested and exported to England. The absentee landlords lived like kings while the tenant farmers were forced to sell everything they owned so they could have money to purchase food to stay alive. When they ran out of things to sell they were then forced to scavenge for food scraps just to escape death for a while longer. The starvation and struggle of the Irish tenant farmers could have been avoided if the absentee landlords hadn’t been so greedy with collecting the rent. England could have come to the aid of the Irish people sooner than they did if they weren’t so interested in staying true to their

The Irish Potato Famine was a period of starvation, disease and emigration, and was known as one of the biggest tragedies from 1845 to 1847. Many people depended on potato crops to survive; however [comma] the potato crops acquired blight, a disease that caused the potatoes to rot while still in the ground. No good crops could be grown for two years [comma] causing Irish tenant farmers unable to pay rent and was forced off their land causing over 21,000 people to die of starvation. The Irish Potato Famine caused many people to leave Ireland to seek work overseas in areas such as England and America. The Irish Potato Famine had a big impact on the history and the economy of Ireland.