Great Famine

flourishing, but when the potatoes were being harvested there were signs that the crops were diseased. By spring of 1846, there was a state of panic, because the food supplies were dissipating, leaving people to find their own food. In 1855, the Great Famine finally took its toll, leaving over one million people dead from hunger and sickness. This led people to leave Ireland, and go to the land of…

Immigration Between 1846 and 1852 there was a fungus was destroying Ireland's potato crops which is known as the great famine. During these years, the Irish dealt with starvation, poverty, and disease. And because of these conditions thousands of Irish fled to America. The Irish immigration experience was very hard. Many came to America with few skills besides cooking, cleaning, and they had just enough knowledge to work in factories. They constantly had to deal with bigotry and stereotypes.…

and expand our historic roots. Unknowingly, we stand in a massive family tree that is centuries old. I belong to the Lennon family tree that dates back to the early 1700s. The surname Lennon originated from the coast of Ireland, where both of my great-grandparents were born. Over 42,000 people bear this surname and they are most prevalent in the United States and Ireland. The name Lennon derives from the word O’Leannain, meaning “lover” and “sweetheart”. The Lennon ancestors aspire to be…

Ireland Ireland otherwise known as the Emerald Isle is an island country west of the United Kingdom with beautiful landscapes and Proud people. for example, Colin Farrell said that “Being Irish is very much of who I am I take it with me everywhere I go.” Now lots of people feel this, now 15% of people that live in the US have come from Irish decent. You could learn a lot about Ireland using the five themes of geography: Movement, Region, Human/Environment Interaction, Place, and Location.…

Are famine crises or mass starvation a product of a natural disaster or is it due to some degree of man-made interference? Global hunger can be analyzed by better understanding some of the place in the world that have been impacted heavily, which include Somalia, Malawi, Niger, Bangladesh, and South Sudan. Part B & C Amartya Sen’s work, Poverty and Famines (1981), is significant in the literature surrounding famines and its causes. The general premise of his essay is that famines do not entirely…

During the 1800’s, the potato famine in Ireland caused around one million Irish people to immigrate to America. They settled in cities and worked in factories, and generally, were pretty poor. With the Irish immigration came a lot of Anti-Irish Sentiment from the Americans. That leads us back to the question- were Irish considered white in the 19th century America? Well, that depends on what your definition of “white” is. Obviously, it is a color...or rather, lack of color. It can also be used…

devastating potato blight occurred, killing an eighth of the entire Irish population. Although the blight itself destroyed the crops and left many Irish in sickness and starvation, the real killers of the Irish potato famine were the British. Many historians even claim that the Irish famine was not caused by the potatoes themselves, but in fact was a result of Britain’s lack of respect and support of the Irish people even to the extent of calling it genocide on Britain’s behalf. British free…

In “Famine Diary” by Gerald Keegan we are shown the hardships that the people in Ireland had to endure. During the famine, many died from hunger and were not making enough to keep their families alive which led many to leave everything behind to survive a little longer. Others renounced their faith and became protestant so that they could receive a cup of soup. Although Ireland was in famine they were sending out an abundance of food to England, as it was part of England’s economic policy.…

Critically examine the relationship between ‘water scarcity’ and famines. Introduction Famine occurs when numbers of people die rapidly as they have not had enough food to eat. Some people die from ‘actual starvation – acute wasting – and others die from diseases that attack them in their wasted state’ (Paarlberg 2010: 46). Contrastingly, it is ‘not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat’ (Sen 1981: 1). One way that famine occurs is by the ‘structure of ownership’ (ibid.). This…

and Mortality during the Great Leap Forward The novel, Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See, takes place in China during the Great Leap Forward, and describes the famine that took place as a result. In the article, Agency and Famine in China’s Sichuan Province, 1958-1962, Chris Bramall analyzes factors that may have caused the varying death rate in communes, and found “differences in local cadre responses to central government policy were decisive in determining the scale of famine.” (Bramall 990). When…