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Famine - Coggle Diagram
Famine
Effects
1M dead
1M emigrated
Subdivision ended
Decline in Irish language
Politics
Course
Blight first came to Ireland in 1845
Entire crop destroyed in 1846
Less severe in 1847
Struck again in 1848
Blight hit again in 1849 and 1850. Worst effects were over
Causes
Rise in population
Subdivision of land
Over dependence on the potatoe
Irish Diaspora
Emigration to the USA
Went to East Coast cities such as New York and Boston
Worked poorly paid jobs
Suffered from discrimination
Emigration to Britain
Long history of emigration
Moved to Larger Cities
Experienced discrimination