A Geography of the Irish

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September 04, 2017

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Hi, my name is Rachel and this is my blog all about the Irish.

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Irish People Around the World

https://mapswire.com/world/political-maps/ It is difficult to estimate exactly how many Irish-born people are currently living abroad. But, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), roughly 1 in 6 Irish-born people are currently living abroad. The map to the right shows an estimate of the number of Irish-born living in different countries around the world. It is clear to see that the UK is the main destination for Irish emigrants, followed by the US and then Australia. A lack of jobs and opportunities in recent years has really pushed Irish people from Ireland to these places. In the USA, there are roughly 34.5 million people who claim Irish heritage. This Irish the second most common ancestry in the US, after German. Many of these people would be descendants of Irish immigrants who came to America during and after the Great Famine in the 1840s in Ireland. The potato blight left 1 million Irish dead. Another million emigrated to countr

A Geography of Potatoes

http://www.photos-public-domain.com/2010/11/10/potatoes/ The humble potato. The mighty spud. The staple food of Irish dinners. There are so many ways to enjoy it. Mashed, roasted, boiled, as chips. But the potato isn't as Irish as it seems. It's actually from Peru. The Incas were the first to grow and domesticate the potato at around 8000BC. During the Age of Exploration, Spanish conquistadors in Peru brought the potato back with them to Spain. The potato then made its way up from Spain into France, and then onto the rest of Europe. An Englishman named Walter Raleigh introduced the spud to his land in Cork and so began the potato's long Irish journey. The potato became the staple food of Irish labourers and their families leading up to the Great Famine. The average man would eat anywhere between 10 and 14 pounds of potatoes every day. So when the potato blight hit Ireland in the 1840s, these people really suffered. Roughly one million Irish people died from st

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