Irish Potato Famine
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Dubl in Memori al
the Sham r oc k (Iri sh symbol )
Irish f la g
In the mid-nineteenth century the potato crops (récoltes) were destroyed by a disease. As it was the only source of food for poor Irish people, many people starved to death*. It is estimated that more than a million died and as a consequence many emigrated to the USA, Australia and England. * (mourir de faim)
Potato blight The Trail of Tears
The Choctaw Donation In 1847, The Choctaw tribe (tribu) of American Indians sent a generous donation to the starving Irish. They had a special affinity with the hungry and those who had lost their homes because it was only 16 years since their tribe had walked the « Trail of Tears »* from Mississippi to Oklahoma. This extraordinary gift (cadeau) from a people who were not themselves wealthy (= rich)has never been forgotten. In 1997 – the 150th anniversary of that generous gesture a group of Irish people walked the Trail of Tears in reverse, back to the Choctaw homeland. (* ' La Piste des Larmes' = forced removal (déplacement) of Native Americans (Indians) by the US government)
Pr esent day Okla homa
T he Trai l of Tear s
the Sham r oc k (Iri sh symbol )
Irish f la g
In the mid-nineteenth century the potato crops (récoltes) were destroyed by a disease. As it was the only source of food for poor Irish people, many people starved to death*. It is estimated that more than a million died and as a consequence many emigrated to the USA, Australia and England. * (mourir de faim)
Potato blight The Trail of Tears
The Choctaw Donation In 1847, The Choctaw tribe (tribu) of American Indians sent a generous donation to the starving Irish. They had a special affinity with the hungry and those who had lost their homes because it was only 16 years since their tribe had walked the « Trail of Tears »* from Mississippi to Oklahoma. This extraordinary gift (cadeau) from a people who were not themselves wealthy (= rich)has never been forgotten. In 1997 – the 150th anniversary of that generous gesture a group of Irish people walked the Trail of Tears in reverse, back to the Choctaw homeland. (* ' La Piste des Larmes' = forced removal (déplacement) of Native Americans (Indians) by the US government)
Pr esent day Okla homa
T he Trai l of Tear s
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