As the name Parish suggests, Civil Parishes were originally the Christian (pre-reformation) ecclesiastical areas.

World wide Percentage Death rates from Famine

Britain Irish-Born 1841

Percentage Population Increasebetween 1821 and 1841

Distribution and Size of Barracks in 1837

Ireland was divided into 130 Poor Law Unions between 1837-1841 witheach union comprising an average of 15 electoral divisions

Unlike their English counterpart, the ‘IrishPoor’ did not have a legal right to assistance

Designed by: George Wilkinson

Number of People per 100 acres in 1841( Population Density)

Percentage distribution of First, Second, Third and Fourth Class houses in 1841

Percentage Distribution of Children(under Five Years of age) in 1841

Origin and spread of Potato Blight

HOSPITALSPre-Famine & Temporary Hospitals

Potato Ridges in Achill

ReliefRoad

Number of Ships departing from Irish Ports in 1847, arriving in

LONDON LIVERPOOL GLASGOW

Irish in BOSTON, CANADA & NEW YORK

Asenath Nicholson's First Trip 1844-45

Earl Grey Secretary of state for the ColoniesSolution to Irish Female Orphans

Cartogram showing inward Famine Non-GovernmentRelief in Pounds

Percentage change in children under Five Years of Age,between 1841 - 1851

Town Population Increase & Decrease between 1841 - 1851

Towns that Disappeared (under twenty houses)

Famine Survivors 1857

Irish in UK Cities & Towns 1851

World Map of Famine

Hunger Severity 2011