Ireland's Troubles

Answer the following:

1) When Henry VIII became a Protestant, what happened to most of Ireland?
2) List three ways in which Catholics were treated badly.
3) What did the British government do in 1801?
4) Tell what year the potato disaster began to spread across Ireland?
5)What two Englishmen attempted to help Ireland and explain how.

View these real life photographs from Ireland in the 19th century.


_________1800s Thatched Roof Cottage in Ireland_______________________

Use the map instructions on handout page 50 to complete the map on student page 50.