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Immigrants of the Famine 1845 – 1850 #11
Irish Immigrant Ancestors: Who, What, When, Where and Why? In my 10th post I described Phytophthora infestans (the potato blight) and discussed the result of the inadequate response by the English that is today, described by some historians a holocaust. New York Immigrants. Most famine immigrants disembarked in New York. The reason why 75…
Read MoreAn Gorta Mór (“The Great Hunger”) #10
Irish Immigrant Ancestors: Who, What, When, Where and Why? In my last post I discussed Irish immigrants who arrived after the War of 1812, and the situation of the poor Irish was reviewed. I also shared newspaper articles that revealed the bias against Irish immigrants. The Potato Famine An Gorta Mór set in on the…
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