The What
This was the specific, high-yield variety of potato that the Irish peasantry relied upon almost exclusively.
What is Lumper
This economic theory, meaning "let do," was favored by the British government and discouraged interfering in the market to help the starving.
What is Laissez-faire?
Approximately this many people died from starvation and disease during the famine years
What is 1 million?
Massive emigration created this global community of Irish people, notably in Boston, New York, and Liverpool.
what is Diaspora?
Scientific name Phytophthora infestans, this biological agent traveled from North America to destroy the crops.
What is fungus or water mold
This British Prime Minister initially imported "Indian corn" to help, before his government fell in 1846.
who is Sir Robert Peel?
Approximately this many people fled Ireland between 1845 and 1855.
What is 1.5 million?
The famine accelerated the decline of this native tongue, as the areas hit hardest were its traditional strongholds.
What is Irish Language or Gaeilge?
This term describes an agricultural risk where a population relies on a single genetic crop variety.
What is Monoculture?
This British Treasury administrator viewed the famine as "divine providence" to correct the Irish population.
Who is Sir Charles Trevelyan?
Starvation weakened immune systems, leading to epidemics of this disease, as well as cholera and dysentery.
What is Typhus?
Ireland is the only country in Europe to have this demographic distinction today compared to 1840.
What is a smaller population
Because the blight thrived in cool, damp weather, this specific year of the famine is historically known as "Black."
What is 1847?
Under the "Gregory Clause," a starving family could not receive aid if they owned more than this amount of land.
What is a quarter-acre?
This was the grim nickname given to the vessels carrying emigrants to North America, due to their 30% mortality rate.
What are Coffin Ships?
Anger over the export of food during the famine fueled this political movement, leading to the 1916 Rising.
What is Republicanism or Nationalism/Fenianism?
Before the blight struck, the average Irish peasant ate this highly nutritious crop for nearly every meal, fueling a population boom.
What is the potato
Throughout the famine, Ireland continued to do this with grain, cattle, and butter, sending it to England while locals starved.
what is export food?
The total population of Ireland dropped by this percentage range between 1845 and 1852
What is 20-25%?
This region of Ireland (The West and South) known for Irish speaking was hit hardest by the famine.
What is Gaeltacht?