Ireland before the Great Famine Pre-Famine immigration to America The Famine Years The Great Famine in Ireland Immigration to America during the Famine Years Irish Immigrants in America between 1845 and the late 1850s Summary Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes) This ...
U.S. immigration records indicate that by 1850, the Irish made up 43 percent of the foreign-born population. Up to ninety percent of the Irish arriving in America remained in cities. New York now had more Irish-born citizens than Dublin. Those who did not stay in New York or Boston tra...
With immigration controls left primarily to the states and cities, the Irish poured through a porous border. In Boston, a city of a little more than 100,000 people saw 37,000 Irish arrive in the matter of a few years. Naturally, it was difficult to integrate the newcomers in such sheer ...
This type of migration is termed the Knight’s-move: a sideways move from agriculture into heavy industry, in order to advance forward across the Atlantic. The Knight’s-move challenges previous assumptions about immigration into the south Wales coalfield during the nineteenth century.David Morris...
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Argentina is home to South America’s largest Irish community and the world’s fifth largest among the Irish diaspora. The true number of Irish descendants is unknown due to poor record-keeping during the early immigration wave. Duggan is one of many Irish-founded pueblos in Argentina ...
American History > Immigration > Irish Immigration ▼Primary Sources ▼ Irish ImmigrationAt the beginning of the 19th century the dominant industry of Ireland was agriculture. Large areas of this land was under the control of landowners living in England. Much of this land was rented to small ...
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The month of March isn’t just home toSt. Patrick’s Daybut also to Irish American Heritage Month, which acknowledges the discrimination the Irish faced in America and their contributions to society. In honor of the annual event, the U.S. Census Bureau releases a variety of facts and figure...