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The Un-Luck of the Irish

By hghawks
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    Irish Famine

  • The New Act

    The New Act
    Ireland is being ruled under the act of union by Great Britian.

  • Land Owners

    Land Owners
    Between this date and 1859 70% of people owned land.

  • Potatoe Dependency

    Potatoe Dependency
    For small house holds potatoes were the only plant they deoending on.

  • The Blight

    The Blight
    The Gardeners Chronicle announces there is a strange blight, or plant diasese with the potatoes.

  • The Plea

    The Plea
    People of Ireland go to Lord Heytesbury to make suggestions on how to help the country. Hu refuses and turns them down.

  • The Loss

    The Loss
    Three quarters of the potatoes are lost to the terrible blight.

  • The Scarce

    The Scarce
    Seed potatoes are scarce and hard to find.

  • The End

    The End
    The famine ends.

  • The Death Toll

    The Death Toll
    Imediately after the famine the government took a census, 21,770 people died from starvation and 400,720 people died from diasese.

  • The Birth of Luck

    The Birth of Luck
    Jacksepticeye is born and brings back the luck that was lost to the famine.