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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.