Overpopulation in Ireland

The observations of J Khol (Travels in Ireland, 1846) describes how the division of land over generations meant many Irish people constantly lived on the brink of starvation.

22 November 2012

30 seconds

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Intermediate/Higher History—Immigrants and exiles.

Emigrants and Aboriginal Australians
Duration: 01:52
The Irish Potato Famine
Duration: 00:47
Andrew Carnegie
Duration: 01:43
Emigrant life in Canada
Duration: 01:45

The role of Zachary Macaulay in the abolition of slavery—The British Slave Trade and its Abolition 1770-1807
Duration: 01:46
Emigrants and Aboriginal Australians—Immigrants and exiles.
Duration: 01:52
Origins of the Atlantic slave trade—The British Slave Trade and its Abolition 1770-1807
Duration: 00:43
The Irish Potato Famine—Immigrants and exiles.
Duration: 00:47