During the 1500's, ireland was torn apart by constant warfare, as a result of this continental conflict, ireland's peasent frammers had a hard time growing enough food for people. In the year 1600's, potatoes were introduced.
A boat to a new world
in 1845, when a fungus like organism called Phytophthore infestations speread troughout ireland. It ruinned up to half of the potatoes crops of that year, and a about three qaurese of the crops over the next 7 years.
The Journey
We are dying!
During the Famine the people in ireland started to be hungry and are staving to death.
Settlings in new life
I am so happy we came!!
Because people were dying in ireland, most people move to ireland to america and other places. Ireland population of 8.4 mllion fell about to 6.6 million. about 1 million people died from stavration or from other Famine related diseaes.
People satrted dying due to the less food that were provoided to them.
The people that make it to the amercias settled in an started a new life for themself and familes.