The famine. Flashcards
who owned most of the land in ireland in 1840
landlords
who did they rent their land to?
tenent farmers
what was the population in the 1840s?
8 million
how many people starved to death in 4 years?
1 million
how manty imigrated to america
1 million
4 causes of the famine
blight, rise n population, dependence on potato, subdicision of land
what dis fathers do with their land?
fathers usually subdivided their land between their sons
what food was ireland dependent on for 4 million families?
potato
what did meals consit of?
2kg of potatos and skinned milk
what did the British government do
they ordered the importation of 100,000 worth of indian corn to ireland and set up soup kitchens
how long was the soup kitchens around for?
6 months
what was the fall in poulation
the population fell by atleast 2 million between 1845 and 1851.
who were worst hit?
cottiers and agricultural laboures.
what did Emigration cause
the irish diaspora
who got the land when the subdivison ended?
the eldest son
where did daughters go after the subdivison went?
they where forced to imigrate?
what happened to result in larger farms?
clearence of estaes
what part of ireland was hit hardest with the decline of irish langage?
west and south west
what did successful emigrants give to republicans?
money and arms for further rising.
What was blight?
Blight was a disease spread throughout Irish potato.
what were workhouses?
Workhouses were places broke families went to, Families where split up in wokhouse which was off putting for most families
What disease did Irish people pick up during the famine?
Typhus and yellow fever
What was the main country that emigrants went to?
America
What where the ships emigrants sailed?
Coffin ships
What was the Irish Diaspora?
was when there was a large amount of poeple emigrating out of the country
