In June 1847, the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 31) was passed which embodied the principle, popular in Britain, that Irish property must support Irish poverty. The landed proprietors in Ireland were held in Britain to have created the conditions that led to the famine.

Feb 13, 2025 · Great Famine, famine that occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century: about one million people died from starvation or from typhus and other famine-related diseases.

Jan 31, 2024 · From 1845 to 1852 Ireland suffered the Irish Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the worst year of all was 1847. Here's everything you need to know about this tragic time in Irish history.

Oct 17, 2017 · The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, began in 1845 when a mold known as Phytophthora infestans (or P. infestans) caused a destructive plant disease that spread rapidly...

Feb 13, 2025 · The Irish disliked the imported cornmeal, and reliance on it led to nutritional deficiencies. Despite those shortcomings, by August 1847 as many as three million people were receiving rations at soup kitchens.

Nov 2, 2023 · Dr. Ciarán Reilly looks at how mass mortality in 1847 - "Black '47" - affected the funeral and burial tradition in Ireland. During the Great Hunger, its victims were "buried silently and sadly".

In 1847, 100,000 Irish people traveled to Grosse Île to escape starvation, unaware of the hardships they would encounter upon arrival. The first “Famine ship” arrived on May 17, 1847, the ice ...

Events from the year 1847 in Ireland. Skibbereen 1847 by Cork artist James Mahony, commissioned by the Illustrated London News. Ongoing – Great Famine. This summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to small area sown. [1] .

In 1847, Irish political leader Daniel O’Connell, “The Liberator,” spoke powerful words before the British House of Commons. “Ireland is in your hands, in your power. If you do not save her, she cannot save herself.

Mar 2, 2017 · As peasant families in all corners of Ireland struggled to survive in the winter of 1846-47, desperate men, women, and children turned to the government’s hastily and ill-conceived public works projects for survival.