Causes of the Famine: Potato blight caused widespread crop failure, Irish people were over reliant on the potato as a food source, Subdivision of land meant people could not grow enough food, Majority of Irish people were very poor , Efforts to help during the Famine: British government imported corn from India to sell to Irish people, Christian Quakers set up soup kitchens , Government set up more workhouses and established public works, Donations came from people like the Pope and a Native American tribe the Choctaw Nation, Short term consequences: 1 million Irish people died, Between 1 and 2 million Irish people emigrated, Death and emigration caused an immediate decline in the population, Irish emigrants faced discrimination because they were Catholic and some didn't speak English, Long term consequences of the Famine: The Irish language went into decline, Irish culture spread around the world, Irish emigrants sent money back home helping the Irish economy, Increase in anger towards the British and desire for Irish independence,

The Famine - causes, course and conseqences

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