Ireland's famine past

In the 1840's America was bombarded by Irish immigrants, but all of it was because of a potato famine that dismantled the country in every way, especially economically. I found this to be an important part Ireland's economic history because it directly impacted America as well and shows how one countries economic troubles can advert to another country. Firstly the destruction of the crops caused a ripple affect, "In the wake of the famine, the 19th century witnessed the de-industrialization of Ireland"(trincoll.edu). This lead to much of Ireland's population running for other more economically successful countries like America. Then with the exportation of agricultural crops diminished and caused return from it to suffer, making many business disappear. This major famine would keep Ireland behind until the turn of the century, but it would not be the last suffrage the nation would see. Though, if the potato famine was not to happen, it would have better prepared Ireland for future problems, because of how powerful economically the country was becoming before the famine.

This though, was an important part of the history in Ireland because of what it caused and if other countries looked back in their own history, they would see a large change in Irish immigrants and the affect it caused.