The famine 2nd year Flashcards
Explain Society of Ireland hierarchy
- Landlords, agents
- Large farmers, small farmers
- Cottiers, labourers
Explain the landlord lifestyle
Own almost all the land
Lived in great luxury in big houses
Many were absentee landlords(rented the alarm to tenant farmers)
Explain the farmers lifestyle
Most were poor, with farms less than 2 hectares
Lives in a one story house
Relied on milk and potatoes
Explain Cottiers lifestyle
They were the poorest of all
Rented land called a conacre from a farmer
They lived in mud cabins on the edge of towns or rented rooms in lodging houses their only source of food was grown on lazy beds
What were poor law unions
Conditions were awful
Families split up
Landlords and large farmers paid a poor tax to the unions, these made the poor law houses
List three causes of the famine
- Growing population
- The blight
- Dependence on the potato
What did most People’s daily diet consist of
Potatoes and skimmed milk
What was blight
A disease that attacks and rots potatoes
What were the Quaker soup kitchens
They were organised to help feed the poor 3 million people fed daily, super an act of 1847, close by government…
What were the workhouses
Provide an emergency aid for people who cannot help themselves
Overcrowded, bad conditions, disease spread quickly
What was the public work scheme
Men were paid a small wage for working in roadbuilding another public works
May too weak to work
What are the coffin ships
They were ships that carried Irish immigrants escaping the great famine to North America, conditions were so poor that many passengers died due to disease spreading
What happened to the fall in population
1 million died , 1 million emigrated
Name consequences of the famine
End of subdivision
Decline in the Irish language
Fall in population
What was subdivision
Fatherson divided line between sons and gave dowry to their daughters
