英国国家社会和文化入门.pptVIP

° h reland People and polHical hisory nnel  Peop le 1.Features (1)A young nation According to the 1996 Census, Ireland is a young country with more than half of the people under the age of 25 (2)Homogeneity The population of the Republic of Ireland is stable and homogeneous, as 93%of the people were born in the Republic, based on the 1996 Census  Two hundred and fifty years ago, reland is a highly populated island. as the result of starvation and consequent mass emigration from the mid-1840s onwards, that part nf the island that is now the Pepublic of Ireland lost abd aIn the Great Famine 1849. when successive potato. people of th Ireland starved to es which preyed on malnutrition. Many left the country for the new world  Emigration Before the Great Famine Who-People from the northern part of Ireland who usually had some education and modest amount of money 2. Why-To better their economic position 3. Destination- The New World which was opening up in Canada and America  eMigration dur ing and after the Great Famine 1. Who-People all over Ireland 2. Why-As a result of the great Famine 3. Destination -The New World Q74Result-The immediate result of the Great Famine was a decimation of the population, with about half of its population lost