The Great Irish Famine

A great famine in Ireland A great famine in Ireland began when a deadly fungus reached the crop and thousands of acres of land were flooded with crops with black spoilage and disease (Szabo). This disease is often called a plague. Withering is a "mysterious illness", "almost almost affects potatoes on the island" (Kinealy 31). This suspicious "wilted" spread from North America to Europe, affecting mainly Ireland (Bloi). It withered, the potatoes turned black, and the people died.

The Irish potato famine, the Irish great Irish famine, the famine from 1845 to 1949, the Irish famine from 1845 to 1949, and the potato harvest have failed for several years. Crop failures are caused by diseases that destroy plague, potato leaves and edible roots and tubers. The causative agent of the plague is Phytophthora infestans. Famine in Ireland was the worst famine in Europe in the 19th century. In the early nineteenth century, tenant farmers in Ireland provided their own resources, especially in the West of Ireland, and offered cereals for the UK market. Many farmers have been on a self-sufficiency level for a long time because their distribution is narrow, and in some areas it is difficult to use the land for agriculture.

One of the reasons for great famine in Ireland is a disease called plague that destroys potato crops. At that time in Ireland potatoes were the only foods that most people can eat. The poorer are people without their own land and workers. They grow potatoes in small areas and they have no money to buy other food.

In the book "The Great Irish Potato Famine", James Donnelly is talking about a small background about why famine is so devastating to the people of Ireland. Throughout his writing, you can see the big picture of the wonderful Irish potato famine. This book talks about the three major influences to Irish people before the famine: wealth, the surge of region and population. All of these factors lead to the destruction of the Irish potato famine. When I discovered that famine was my fundamental event, I wanted to know how the famine started. The main factors are population increase, region and wealth. Between 1750 and 1845, the population of Ireland increased from 6 million to 5 million. This is an increase of 325%. In the meantime, there are significant differences between the wealthy and the poor in Ireland, so the other two factors, region and wealth are important. Gap of rich and poor in most parts of Ireland