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