The great famine or the great hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. [1] Mainly the Irish were farmers and their major dependent was on farming but what changed the situation is the number of historical reasons. During the famine, approximately 1 million people died and a lot of them emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%. [2]
The famine was caused by a potato disease commonly known as potato blight, which wasted many potato crops all around Europe. However, its main affection was on Ireland because as I mentioned before most of them were farmers and about one third of the population was dependent on the potato for a range of ethnic, religious, political, social, and economic reasons which all lead to the disaster.
Going back to Ireland’s history in the previous century, we can see that they tried as much as they can to …show more content…
The poor-law system of providing relief was the only form of public assistance.
Also, the government might have done something to improve the current families. The government might also have provided free passages and other assistance in support of emigration to North America - for those whose personal means made this kind of escape impossible or kindly solve the problem in Ireland rather than emigrating the passages [6]
The British government must had treated the problem as soon as possible before it arises the famine crisis in Ireland which placed the blame on them for not solving the problem (its their responsibility). Instead, in an atmosphere of rising 'famine fatigue' in Britain, famine remained at high rates in Irelands. And in my opinion, the government must had chosen another course of
The famine was caused by a potato disease commonly known as potato blight, which wasted many potato crops all around Europe. However, its main affection was on Ireland because as I mentioned before most of them were farmers and about one third of the population was dependent on the potato for a range of ethnic, religious, political, social, and economic reasons which all lead to the disaster.
Going back to Ireland’s history in the previous century, we can see that they tried as much as they can to …show more content…
The poor-law system of providing relief was the only form of public assistance.
Also, the government might have done something to improve the current families. The government might also have provided free passages and other assistance in support of emigration to North America - for those whose personal means made this kind of escape impossible or kindly solve the problem in Ireland rather than emigrating the passages [6]
The British government must had treated the problem as soon as possible before it arises the famine crisis in Ireland which placed the blame on them for not solving the problem (its their responsibility). Instead, in an atmosphere of rising 'famine fatigue' in Britain, famine remained at high rates in Irelands. And in my opinion, the government must had chosen another course of