The famine consequences

• About a million people died during the worst famine years between 1845 to 1849
• About a million people emigrated to America, Canada Australia and Britain
• People continued to leave Ireland in large numbers for many years after the famine
• The population has still not recovered
• The Irish language nearly died out
• Many of those who died or emigrated were from the western parts of Ireland and had spoken Irish
• This resulted in the Gaelic revival in the 1840s where many nationalists wanted to reverse the trend, save the native language, culture and traditions of Ireland
• Some people were very angry that the British government had not done more to prevent the Famine
• This caused a lot of anger against Britain and casted a long time
• A group called the Young Irelanders wanted Ireland to have its own government
• They began a small rebellion in 1848 although it failed, it inspired those who took part in the Easter Rising in 1916