An Gorta Mór by Nicky Walsh https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u Made with an open mind en-us 2017-11-07 10:23:41 UTC 2025-10-18 12:30:44 UTC hello@padlet.com www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ireland-1845-to-1922/the-great-famine-of-1845 nwalsh2 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204271452 2017-11-07 10:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204271452 www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/index.html nwalsh2 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204271840 2017-11-07 10:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204271840 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u nwalsh2 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204811290 2017-11-08 14:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204811290 Irish famine ( Important Persons) https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204831653 - Charles Edward Trevelyan
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-John Russel (Hands Off)]]> 2017-11-08 14:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204831653 1800 Ireland became part of UK serena_olivieri_so https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204832927 2017-11-08 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204832927 The cause was actually an airborne fungus (phytophthora infestans) originally transported in the holds of ships traveling from North America to England. taracallaghan765 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204833156  In England, religious-minded social reformers viewed the blight as a heaven-sent 'blessing' that would finally provide an opportunity to transform Ireland, ending the cycle of poverty resulting from the people's mistaken dependence on the potato. ]]> 2017-11-08 14:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204833156 Beginning amaryllis_bassett https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204833400  in 1845 and lasting for six years ]]> 2017-11-08 14:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204833400 September 1845 tysharon16 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204834811 The Blight Began]]> 2017-11-08 14:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204834811 amaryllis_bassett https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204836295 potato famine killed over 2 million men, women and children in Ireland and caused another million to leave the country.]]> 2017-11-08 14:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204836295 Before the famine tysharon16 https://padlet.com/nwalsh2/msw9qwa0rt4u/wish/204837032 The English Army in Ireland was also increased to nearly 100,000 men.

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