After the Act of Union in 1800, the country was little more attractive as a destination for immigrants than before. Those who did come were mainly from Britain looking for a place of opportunity, but too few to promote much closer integration of the two islands. The population continued to ...
Che Guevara’s major influence was felt in the mid-1950s in Latin America. However, his family came to this part of the world much earlier and for very specific reasons.Patrick Lynch, one ofGuevara’s distant ancestors, settled in Argentina in the mid-1700s. His arrival in the New World...
Irish Immigrants In Early America Essay Even with the advantage of knowing English, the famine-era Irish had much going against them in America. They had few marketable skills, little education, and no money. Substantial social disorganization, poverty, crime, disease, alcoholism, and family disso...
100 years later the ethnicity may have changed but there are still Americans who don't want immigrants A fascinating episode showing how the Irish were being treated as they came to our country more than 100 years ago.The parallels of what's occurring today are hard to miss. The only diffe...
or a local history book. Ten years ago, I found an except from the original edition ofConcerning Mary Ann,which describes the lives and times of the Irish Catholic immigrants who settled Monroe County, Iowa in the mid 1800s. I wrote about it in the vintage post, “Of Cofflins and Roha...
Famous Irish American Songs When the Irish stepped off ships by the tens of thousands during the great waves of Irish immigration to America, they brought with them little more than the clothes on their backs, empty stomachs, and a special gift for song. In fact, the Irish are known for ...
In the early years of the nineteenth century Protestants, many of whom were skilled tradesmen, continued to account for the majority of Irish immigrants. There were also numerous political refugees especially after the abortive United Irishmen uprising of 1798. However, by the 1820s and 1830s the...
Irish immigrants flocked to Chicago in the 1800s, making up a fifth of the city's population by 1850. It's no surprise then that whiskey bars and pubs in Chicago are relatively commonplace—you'll find them in almost every neighborhood, serving Irish beers like Guinness and Smithwick’s an...
1.The people of Scotland who settled in Ulster or their descendants, especially those who emigrated to North America. Also calledScotch-Irish. See Usage Note atScottish. 2.SeeUlster Scots. Scots′-I′rishadj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright ©...
In addition, Glasgow Celtic FC, a soccer team based in Scotland that was founded by Irish immigrants, many of whom were brought to the country as a result of the effects of the Potato Famine, has included a commemorative patch on its uniform—most recently on September 30, 2017—to honor...