The_Crisis_In_Ireland

The Crisis In Ireland The Crisis In Ireland The conditions of the poor during the second half of the nineteenth century intolerable for any human being. The people of Ireland literally starved to death. While the government turned a deaf ear to their cries. The staple food in Ireland; the potato crop failed. Leaving the people without a means to feed their families and pay their rents. The situation was made worse by the British government. The government did very little to ease the pain of the Irish people. The British were so concerned with people becoming dependent on the government for their needs. That they overlooked the fact the people were really in need of serious assistance. When the crisis began the government levied taxes. That way the Irish could pay for their own relief work. The plan did not work because the people could not pay their rents. And due to the increased taxes, landlords evicted their tenants in order to avoid payment. Little was done to help the Irish people because of the mutual distrust between the Irish and the English. people, irish, government, because, pay, million, ireland, english, worse, work, taxes, situation, rents, relief, poor, own, one, need, little, help, estimated, during, disease, crisis, conditions, british, without, while, way, very, unjustified, turned, totally, throughout