death while massive quantities of food were being exported from their

country. A half million were evicted from their homes during the potato

blight, and a million and a half emigrated to America, Britain and

Australia, often onboard rotting, overcrowded "coffin ships". Many

different politically laws, race issues, and trade techniques

contributed to the laying of the groundwork for the famine to actually

In 1847, a law was imposed that allowed a tenant who had more than

a quarter acre of land to have public assistance. The tenant had to

surrender his land to a landlord to receive help. Some tenants gave

there children to a workhouse so they could continue

It was even said that soon an Irishman in his native land would be as

a worsening situation in their own country, did not want any part of

homelessness, mainly because of greediness, ignorance to fix a problem,

ultimately pushed away from lands, and forced into starvation and

comparison. Penal Laws did not allow Irish Catholics to receive

extremely traumatizing to many Irishmen. On top of the laws was the

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