The Great Famine
introduction
population
family and housing
oopcupation
education
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the potato was airbone
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there were over 1 million deaths and miigration to America or England
potato blight was a fungal disease that effected the potato crop the potato would rot and be unable to eat if it was eaten you would get really sick
the great famine was the most tragic event in the Irish history
thee estimation for the amount of deaths is 1 million
and also 1 million for the amount of emigration
because of the famine this decreased by 2,5 million
after the#is tragic event the population was estimated to be 6.55 million
the irish population was 8.75 millin prior to the famine
3rd class was a house had windows and could consist about 2 or three families it was sort of a long bungalow looking house
1st class was a mansion type of house only 40,000 of these were built in irelqnd
4th class was a small house that had no windows
264,184 2nd class houses were built in ireland in 1841
there were four classes for housing
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40-70% on the east could'nt read nor write
the average age for kids to read or write is age 5
70- 80% of males and females could not read
they had poor education due to the shortage of schools
in 1841-1851 the english language was spoken
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These classifications were designed to separate agriculture from other pursuits.
n Ireland manufacturing and trade are often related to agriculture
Pursuits were categorised as chiefly employed in Agriculture, Manufactures, Trade & etc
1)The Census Commissioners characterised Families as per their Pursuits and as per their Means.
under means they listed Families as chiefly dependent on vested Means.