The Irish Famine

Question 0

List the relief measures of the famine

Answer 0

Robert peel importing corn, soup kitchens, caritable landlords, work houses, poor houses and public works

Question 1

Explain the causes of the Irish Famine

Answer 1

The Irish were reliant on the potato, the blight, the british government exported food out of Ireland, a lack of land and the government policy of laissez faire

Question 2

Give some differing views on the famine

Answer 2

Some people think it was unavoidable, some people think the Irish were just lazy and a lot of people blame the British