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Potato BlightA sixth of the year’s crop was harvested in a healthy state and some areas of Ireland were unaffected.
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Incorrect Diagnosis Robert Peel sent scientists into Ireland, but they incorrectly diagnosed the potato blight.
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Series of governmental acts and laws were passed to help deal with the famine.
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ProtestThere was a protest to demand more money held by Irish peers, MPs and landlords, at the Rotunda, in Dublin.[
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British Government The British government spent over £45 million on public works schemes, ‘which coincided with the period of highest famine mortality, as a result of weak and hungry people being forced to undertake hard, physical labour as a ‘test’ of destitution.’
