Great Famine

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…

cultivate it? Or factors outside their control? The Great Famine and the Irish Exodus is an example of this question. Margaret M. Mulrooney’s Fleeing the Famine: North America and Irish Refugees, BBC’s The Great Famine, and Timothy G. Lynch’s A Kindred and Congenial Element: Irish-American Nationalism’s Embrace of Republican Rhetoric analyze the Great Famine and Irish Exodus from varying viewpoints. BBC’s The Great Famine summarizes the Great Famine. The documentary discusses how over 1/3 of the…

The An Gorta Mor, commonly known as The Great Hunger, was started by a wide spread disease that infected the potatoes in Ireland in the year 1846. Because of the Active Union in 1801, Ireland was apart of the British Empire. The potatoes, which the Irish were most greatly dependent on for survival during this time period, were infected with a bacteria called Phytophthora Infestans, which caused the potatoes to become not only inedible, but also toxic. Potatoes were at the time the easiest crop…

In America, written and directed by Jim Sheridan, focuses on a family of Irish immigrants who move to New York in the 1980s, and must adjust to their new life. Personal experiences of the Irish during the diaspora have stayed the same throughout this film, for a countless number of reasons including job type, and crime. In America captures real life struggles throughout the eyes of the Irish, and how they had to make the best out of any situation. The Sullivan family emigrates from Ireland to…

A famine is defined as a shortage or scarcity of food and it can affect many people in negative ways and lead to many tragic events. The Irish Potato famine was one of the worst famines to occur in Europe.The Irish Potato Famine affected Irish society and it’s people immensely. The famine affected society through the people, through the government, and through economics. The famine began due to a bacteria that attacked the crops and destroyed them. Potatoes were the easiest crop to grow,…

In 1845, the Great Famine began, leaving an everlasting mark on the Irish people and the political landscape of their country. The potato crop, which sustained much of Ireland’s population, stopped growing, leading to mass starvation and the death of over a million people. In The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, Anna O’Donnell is born near the end of this national tragedy and survives, but later chooses to starve herself, much to the despair of her nurse Lib. Similarly, the movie Some Mother’s Son…

The Irish famine, which occurred in the late 1840’s, lead to the death of over one million working class Irish citizens. The famine had an immense effect on Ireland’s economy and population. The increased death rates due to starvation and the decreased amount of food available to the lower class (more specifically the western coast tenant farmers) led to massive amounts of people migrating to areas like the United States and Australia. This has had a lasting effect on the economy and population…

economy, 1800-1850” the author Joel Mokyr tries to assess why the Great Famine of Ireland from 1845-1852 was so disastrous. Mokyr is an economic historian and as a result, the book is from an economic perspective and does not consider other factors outside of the economy as causes tot the famine. The majority of the book focuses on the lead up to the event and it is not until the last chapter when Mokyr discusses the economy during the famine. The layout of the book is focused around a very…

History is the genre of the book. The pov of the book is third person. The story takes place in the country of Ireland. The time period of the famine is 1845-1850.”The weather in Ireland has always been fickle.” Fickle means that the weather is constantly changing. The fickle weather caused the fungus to spread throughout Ireland. This is what caused the famine to start. If the setting were different this event would’ve never taken place. William Smith O’Brien was a leader he always tried his…

Introduction In 1845, Ireland was struck by a massive famine, which many called the Irish Potato Famine or the Great Irish Famine. This incident was considered one of the darkest and hardest period of the Irish history. Unfortunately, this event caused between 500,000 to 1 million deaths and ruined the land and crops of many farmers. The famine reached its peak in 1847 and during that year, about 300,000 people left Ireland and went to install themselves in other countries which included Canada.…