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Phytophthora Infestans
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight".Late blight was a major culprit in the 1840s European, the 1845-1852 Irish, and the 1846 Highland potato famines.
Doolough Tragedy
Memorial to the victims in Doolough valley. The Doolough Tragedy is an event that took place during the Great Irish Famine close to Doo Lough in southwest County Mayo. [1] At least seven (and perhaps 20 or significantly more) starving people died after being "forced to walk for miles to present themselves for inspection" by poor law union officials who would determine whether they would ...
Absentee Landlordism
An absentee landlord crisis was a key factor in Prince Edward Island's decision to become a part of Canada when the idea of Confederation was proposed in 1867. In the mid-1760s, a survey team divided the Island into 67 lots. On July 1, 1767, these properties were allocated to associates of George III by means of a lottery. Ownership of the land remained in the hands of British-based landlords ...
Irish Lumper
The 'Irish Lumper' is noted for its ability to flourish on garden beds that are poor in nutrients, wet-footed, or both. Until the 1840s, it was closely adapted to growing conditions in Ireland, particularly western Ireland.The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Ireland noted that the Lumper was a "very old variety, and ... probably well known when first recorded by Dutton (1808 ...
Charles Trevelyan
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB (2 April 1807 - 19 June 1886) was an English civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India.He returned to Britain and took up the post of Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.During this time he was responsible for facilitating the government's response to the Great Famine in ...
Land War
The Land War (Irish: Cogadh na Talún) [1] was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland (then wholly part of the United Kingdom) that began in 1879.It may refer specifically to the first and most intense period of agitation between 1879 and 1882, [2] or include later outbreaks of agitation that periodically reignited until 1923, especially the 1886-1891 Plan of Campaign and the 1906 ...