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The Causes Of The Great Irish Famine - Coggle Diagram
The Causes Of The Great Irish Famine
rise in population
areas such as connacht where densely populated
as the population increased the people became poorer
6.6 million up to 8.2 million
emigration
labourers,cottieres and small farmers owned less then 5 acres
dependance on the potatoe
easy to grow and nutritious
small plots of land could feed families with potatoes
most the meals consisted of potatoes
subdivision of the land
many people relied on farming
fathers and sons divided the land between them
conrace
as the farms got smaller they families got poorer
the blight
attacked and destroyed the potatoe crop
the overdendance on potato for food left nothing to eat
starvation due to no food
many people died as a result