PRACTICE (don't use!)

1. The poorest class in Ireland (7)
5. The principle that described the government's 'leave alone' attitude towards Famine relief from 1847 onwards (7, 5)
6. The proportion of people in Ireland who were dependent on agriculture (3, 6)
8. The laws in the late 17th century that asserted Catholics could not own land (5, 4)
10. The class of Catholic farmers that began to grow as a result of the Famine (6)

2. The number of people who died in the famine in Belgium during the same period (3, 8)
3. The investigation organised by Peel in 1843 that attempted to explore the problem of land tenure in Ireland (pre-famine) (5, 10)
4. A philosopher who thought the Irish famine was inevitable and necessary in order to 'thin out' Ireland's natural resources; he influenced Russell's approach (6, 7)
7. The second GB Prime Minister to take on Famine relief (full name) (4, 7)
9. The wars during the Famine period that exacerbated poverty and subdivision (10, 4)

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