This is a PowerPoint about the famine

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This is a PowerPoint about the famine

• by Colleen

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My name is Ella and Ill be your tour guide for
today. Now watch carefully!!!!
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This picture shows people emigrating to America
from Ireland.
This was for many their only hope of survival
from famine at home
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Here are some facts about the faminein Ireland

• People emigrated from Ireland to America. Many
  died on the way over due to illness and also
  because the ships were overcrowded and unsuitable
  for sailing the Atlantic. This gave rise to the
  name coffin ships. The famine started in 1845.
  It ended in 1851. This was a tragic time for
  Ireland.

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Black 47

• Black 47 was the worst of all the years of the
  famine.

• This is a potato
• affected by blight

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• This disturbing picture shows a family trying to
  survive
• It was a hard life trying to get food
• Many families were crammed into one house

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The soup kitchen during the great famine in
Ireland.

• In 1848, 834,000 people depended on soup
  kitchens. There was little or no food around at
  that time
• One of the parents, usually the father, would
  travel miles to the nearest soup kitchen. If he
  made it he would get food for his family and
  make the journey home again

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• Many people were not so lucky. They either died
  on the way to or from the soup kitchen from
  hunger and exhaustion
• Today, Ireland is very different. We now have
  people coming to Ireland rather than fleeing from
  it. We should never forget our past and remember
  what it was like when we needed help and had to
  emigrate in order to survive