An Gorta MórBy Rachel, Connell,

and Leanne

The beginningThe Great Famine started in September

1845.It first started in Wexford and Waterford.November was the hardest month because

the phytopthora(the blight) was effecting the potatoes.

When the corn came to the markets people could not afford it.

Some people got jobs in then workhouse and some had to build roads.

These were known as roads to nowhere.

The HungerThe first deaths from hunger

were in Spring 1846.Robert Peel ordered Indian

corn from AmericaThe corn was sold at market

prices so many could not afford it.

The blight almost destroyed the crops in 1846

WorkhousePeople were not fond of workhouses at the

start.As the need for food increased the work

houses started to fill up.The poor starving people were given food and

lodging in the work house Families were separated in the workhouses.The famine fever spread quickly in the

cramped conditions.

The Soup kitchens

In 1847 the Soup Kitchens were opened by the Quakers

The soup kitchens were established in winter of 1847

Huge numbers of people were fed every dayIn the centre of many soup kitchens was a

huge soup boiler.People queued for hours.

Black 47.The year 1847 was called black 47It was the worst period of the famine.As well as starvation, people died from

diseases.The fever was passed from 1 person to

another.The winter of 1847 was one of the coldest of

living memory.As more people died they were buried in

their gardens

The evictionThe was a widespread poverty in Ireland

even when the great Famine began.The workhouses were used to house and feed

people. In the turn to be allowed to live in the

workhouses people were expected to work very hard.

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