focus time period is 1845-1849
2007-02-25 13:50:08 · 2 answers · asked by kay see 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
(besides the fact that they needed food & couldnt pay rent)
2007-02-25 14:09:47 · update #1
You can read about the potato famine in Ireland at the site below which covers this period of history under the following headings:
Before the Famine
The Blight Begins
The Great Hunger
Coffin Ships
Financial Ruin
Gone to America
After the Famine
2007-02-26 07:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a famine. My guess is they were in search of food?
Do you know what caused the famine.
The potate was brought back from the new world. Indegenous Americans warned the Europeans that they should plant several varieties of potato in case a disease wiped out the crop. They didn't listen.
2007-02-25 14:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋