The Irish Great Famine occurred during the mid-19th century and was caused by potato blight, which struck Ireland in 1845 (Grada, “Ireland's Great Famine” 43). It destroyed much of the crops, so it became “lethal” due to the fact that Ireland was very dependent on potatoes in daily meals (Grada, “Ireland's Great Famine” 43). This led to a shortage of food and many died of starvation or other diseases resulting from the famine (Grada, “The Great Famine of Ireland” 51). By 1800, Ireland had already lost its parliament, so "all legislative and executive power was therefore centralized in Westminster", which meant that the British parliament of the British government was responsible for Irish aid in times of need, especially when the potatoes failed (Kinealy, Deadly Famine 41). The British government carried out numerous interventions in Ireland during the Great Famine and the interventions were supposed to help alleviate the famine and improve social conditions in Ireland. Social conditions included aspects of people's health, work, and occupation at the time, as well as people's general well-being and their quality of life. This leads to the question: what impact did the British government's intervention in the fight against famine have on social conditions in Ireland during the mid-19th century? Through the analysis of government interventions, such as the establishment of poor laws, the imposition of taxes, the promotion of Indian meals, the creation of public works and soup kitchens, it will become evident that the British government did not have a Positive impact on social conditions in Ireland during the mid-19th century. There were many government interventions in that period, and each intervention… half of the paper… '47 and beyond: the great Irish famine in history, economics and memory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Print.---“The Great Irish Famine. An overview.” When the Potato Failed: Causes and Effects of Europe's Last Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850. Ed. Cormac O'Grada, Richard Paping and Eric Vanhaute. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2007. Print.Gray, Peter. Famine, land and politics: British government and Irish society 1843-1850. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1999. Print. Kinealy, Christine. A Deadly Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland. London: Pluto Press, 1997. Print.---“The Role of the Poor Law During the Famine.” The Great Irish Famine. Ed. Cathal Poirteir. Dublin: Mercier Press, 1995. Print.Lengel, Edward G. The Irish through British Eyes: Perceptions of Ireland in the Famine Era. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2002. Print.