The Irish Famine

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Across
  1. 5. farmers divided their land between their sons
  2. 7. the system of short-term land rental in 19th century Ireland
  3. 8. a legal term for rent that is overdue
  4. 10. a fungus that affected Irish potato crops
  5. 11. a group of people who have left or moved away from their original homeland
  6. 13. a severe shortage of food, causing illness or death to a large number of people
Down
  1. 1. leaving your home country to live permanently in another country
  2. 2. religious group known for organising famine relief (e.g. soup kitchens)
  3. 3. a tenant farmer who leased a small amount of land in exchange for work
  4. 4. the growth of one single crop on a piece of land
  5. 6. a place where the poor could find housing and food in exchange for work
  6. 9. the legal removal of a tenant from a landlord’s land
  7. 12. also known as Peel’s Brimstone during the Famine