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Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s

Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s. Source: Muckross Research Library, Kerry, Ireland. Ireland-1930s and 1940s.

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Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s

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  1. Ireland in the1930s and 1940s Source: Muckross Research Library, Kerry, Ireland

  2. Ireland-1930s and 1940s • The Irish Free State came into being at the end of 1922, following the signing of a Treaty with England in December 1921. (Ended the War of Independence, which had commenced against the British in 1919) • Then … Civil War between those who supported and those who opposed the Treaty until May 1923. The anti-Treaty faction opposed the Treaty on the grounds that it did not grant full Irish Independence. British Oppression / Anti-British Sentiment

  3. Ireland-1930s and 1940s EXTREME POVERTY • Ireland in the early 20th century was a poor country. The great majority of the people were living in the countryside, or in country towns and villages. • In 1930, the majority of Ireland's population occupied small agricultural holdings. • U.S. depression – no market for crops • Big rains affected wheat crops  bread rationing • Slums: overcrowding, unsanitary conditions (raw sewage, fleas, rats, lice)

  4. Ireland-1930s and 1940s • Diphtheria and typhoid fever were rampant. Patients were treated in fever hospitals run by nuns. • Irish Catholicism was strict.

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