Mike Murphy presented at the Society of Cartographers 48th Annual Conference

2. As the name Parish suggests, Civil Parishes were originally the
Christian (pre-reformation) ecclesiastical areas.

3. World wide Percentage Death rates from Famine

7. Britain Irish-Born 1841

8. Percentage Population Increase
between 1821 and 1841

9. Distribution and Size of Barracks in 1837

10. Ireland was divided into 130 Poor Law Unions between 1837-1841 with
each union comprising an average of 15 electoral divisions
Unlike their English counterpart, the ‘Irish
Poor’ did not have a legal right to assistance
Designed by: George Wilkinson

12. Number of People per 100 acres in 1841
( Population Density)

13. Percentage distribution of First, Second,
Third and Fourth Class houses in 1841

14. Percentage Distribution of Children
(under Five Years of age) in 1841

15. Origin and spread of Potato Blight

17. HOSPITALS
Pre-Famine & Temporary Hospitals

18. Potato Ridges in Achill

19. Relief
Road

20. Number of Ships departing from Irish Ports in 1847, arriving in
LONDON LIVERPOOL
GLASGOW

21. Irish in BOSTON, CANADA & NEW YORK

22. Asenath Nicholson's First Trip 1844-45

23. Earl Grey Secretary of state for the Colonies
Solution to Irish Female Orphans

24. Cartogram showing inward Famine Non-Government
Relief in Pounds

26. Percentage change in children under Five Years of Age,
between 1841 - 1851

27. Town Population Increase &
Decrease between 1841 - 1851

28. Towns that Disappeared
(under twenty houses)

30. Famine Survivors 1857

31. Irish in UK Cities & Towns 1851

32. World Map of Famine

33. Hunger Severity 2011