By Rachel, Connell, and Leanne

The beginning The Great Famine started in September 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 Hunger The first deaths from hunger were in Spring Robert Peel ordered Indian corn from America The corn was sold at market prices so many could not afford it. The blight almost destroyed the crops in 1846

Workhouse People 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 day In the centre of many soup kitchens was a huge soup boiler. People queued for hours.

Black 47. The year 1847 was called black 47 It 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 eviction The 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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