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Act Of Union
40 percent of the United Kingdom's population was Ireland. Parliement only named 105 out of 658 chairs Irish. -
First National Census
The census found that the Irish population grew 14.3 percent in ten years (1821-1831). -
Parlementary Reform Act
The Act was passed but only 5 percent of Ireland could vote. -
English Poor Law
The British Government passed the English Poor Laws, which created workhouses for the Irish. -
The Diet
By this time, the British told the Irish to grow potatoes and export them. 40 percent of the Irish population depended on the potatoes for their diet. -
Update on Census
By this time, over eight million people lived in Ireland. -
First Reports
The first reports of the Potato blight came from Wight and Kent. It reached Scotland, Belgium, and Holland. -
Exports
Holland, Belguim, and Sweden stopped major exports while the Irish were forced to keep exporting all the good potatoes they had. -
50 percent
Around 50 percent of the potatoes in Ireland contained the blight. Robert Peel and the public citizens in Englad wanted to help, but Lord Heteysbury warned the government that the prices would rise so they should not help. -
Peel and the Corn Laws
The question of bringing the Corn Laws began to rise. Peel talked with the Irish executive about public work in Dublin. At the beginning of this month, people at workhouses ate rice, soup, and bread. The Temporary Relief Program provided Indian corn from America that was worth 100,000 euros. They made the Irish pay for them, even though it was supposed to be a free gift from America. -
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel stayed in office and created the Irish Board of Works. Around 38,232 worked in workhouses at this point. The Mansion House Commitie became dedicated to helping the Irish. -
'Provide an effectual remedy'
Chairman of the Relief Commission, Edward Lucas believed that the governement needed to make a good effect in Ireland. 1400 out of 2049 divisions of Ireland contained the Blight. Diseases rose quickly due to eating rotten potatoes. -
Indian Corn
The Indian Corn finally reached Cork, Ireland. Charles Trevalyn said that the Irish should not grow independently, and without a governments care, but that they should be able to depend on the government. Sir Robert Peel created local relief committies. -
Relief Gets Larger
638,141 people were recieving outside aid. -
Evicting Land
Captain Kennedy was evicting land because he believed that the Irish should have to rent land in these times. -
Anti-Irish
Edward Twistleton created the Anti-Irish group in the governent which sent aid down. -
Soup Kitchens
Workhouses were becoming fuller and fuller and the Soup Kitchens came into effect. The British Government did not extend the Poor Law Act so the local reliefs stepped in to help even more. -
Imports
Loads of money and clothes were being imported from America. -
Liars
The Soup Kitchen Act was being considered and some people were beginning to wonder if the government was hiding the numbers of deaths in Ireland. The Government was still expirementing free trade in Ireland but the trade was the lives lost, according to Lord Betninck. -
Shut-down
The French made special soup for Ireland. The Government started closing the local reliefs and some soup kitchens. 90,000 immigrants were in Liverpool by this time. -
May 1847
The death rate rose due to unsanitary conditions and terrible diets. Only 1248 divisions of Ireland (out of 2000) had soup kitchens still opened. The number of violence slowly rose. The Church of England sent money to the Chruches in Ireland for aid. People started to get a terrible fever. Ships to Canada were becoming more frequent now. -
Temporary Help
The Temporary Relief helped 2,342,900 people. The conditions on immagration ships were becoming worse and worse. -
The Whig Party
The Whig Party, led by John Russel, won the election. Sir Robert Peel could not help anymore. The aid in Ireland from the British Government worsened from here. The Temporary Relief Act was passed for only one more season. The emigration numbers rose. Soup kitchens in 55 nations were now closed. -
Prepare for Winter!
The estimated numbers for deaths due to diseases in the winter were higher than normal. The government was warned that the prices would get higher if they help the Irish so they did not. Eviction numbers increased. -
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria wrote a letter trying to help the Irish. Nothing happened because of this letter. When Catholic bishops went to ask for more aid, the British Governemt denied them because the prices were too high. -
Encumbered Estates Act
Poor men had to give up their homes for the capital. -
Relief Number Update
445,456 people were receiving outdoor relief. -
March 1848
24 unions were encouraged to grow biggest harvest yet. The British Relief Association were helping the schools in Ireland. Lord Palmerston said that 'it is useless to disguise the truth, that any great improvement in the social system of Ireland must be founded upon an extensive change in the present state..." -
North East Conditions Rise
Now it was legal to buy coffins for paupers who died with the outside relief. Trevelayn said that the Poor Law Unions under the British Governent were being lazy and not helping what so ever. Peel and Trevelayn kept pushing for more aid. The North East conditions were becoming better due to the import of bread from other countries. The first orphan shipped set sail to Australia. 219 orphans departured and 217 made it to Australia. -
The Peak of Help
The number of outdoor aid reached its peak. The British Relief Assosciation Funds were almost completely spent, so they wound down their activities. -
Outdoor Relief
Final days of outdoor relief. -
The Problems Grow
Evicted families were homeless; those who had surrendered property to get into a workhouse had left their small-holdings uncultivated; there had been widespread immigration, and some men had deserted their families; the crops were failing, and the population was weakened by three years of sickness. -
One More Disease
Cholera hit Ireland -
The Proper Aid
The Treasury and Doctors started to do a lot more for the people of Ireland -
Tax
Tax was imposed when 50,000 euros were given to Ireland. Loans had to be repayed by December from Ireland to Britian. Many saw this to be unfair and horrid. -
Rate-in-Aid
Rate-in-Aid Bill was not terminated, bu deducted down. -
Money
Money was running low so Parliment allows another 6,000 euros to Ireland. -
Crack Down
1,200 people were evicted in the union of Kilrush. Parliment refused to grant more money. They allowed a shipment of Biscusts and nothing more. -
Children and Cholera
It was suggested that children started working in workhouses. Cholera faded away by now. -
End of the Decade
The total cost of Poor Law Expenditure during the year was calculated at £2,177,651 -
1850
A healthy harvest happened this year. The death numbers went down. People still had to pay debts but it was extended. Places were starting to control themselves again but with a little assistance from the government. Not as much as they still needed though.