The Irish Potato Famine occurred in Ireland in 1845 to 1849‚ when the potato harvest failed. A disease that destroys the edible parts of potato plants known as Late Blight caused the unsuccessful crop. The Irish Potato Famine was the worst famine to occur in Europe in the 19th century. Almost fifty percent of the Irish population had become dependent on potatoes in their diet‚ but the entire population consumed the crop in large quantities‚ especially the rural and the poor. The Potato was very susceptible
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2 Final Assignment topic: The history of Irish immigration before 20th centuries Introduction As the second largest immigration group after English immigrants in Australia‚ Ireland people were played a pivotal role in the formation and development of Australia society since 18th centuries. Reid (2011)‚ the senior curator of Australia National Museum and Cummings both illustrated the significant impaction of Ireland immigration to Australia. This essay will summary two articles to demonstrates
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In the 19th century‚ the Irish population experienced a major boom in population rate‚ as people began to give birth to more children‚ due to the catholic believes. During the years of the Potato Famine in 1845 to 1851‚ almost 1.5 million Irish died‚ due to hunger‚ as they mainly lived of the potatoes. This created a great boom of Irish fleeing to America‚ almost 1.7 million from the mid 1840’s to the 1860’s‚ in the hope of getting a brighter future. The majority of these migrated to the Northeast
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Anglo-Irish treaty was drafted and signed by representatives of both the Irish and British Governments. After centuries of bitter feuding involving both sides the British Government was for the first time to offer the Irish independence. In this essay I seek to outline how the Irish revolution of 1919 and 1921 was successful in achieving Irish independence. Richard English says‚ “There had never been any chance of a formal military victory… nor in practice of the British recognising an Irish republic
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little conflict between the Irish immigrants and the native Scots. The source says "New chapels have arisen peaceably everywhere; and except their stronger taste for a fight now and then‚ the Irish have in many places behaved fully as well as our own people". This source helps show that Catholicism was gradually building and gaining support if chapels were able to be built without aggression and opposition. In addition most employers had positive comments to say about Irish immigrants work ethic compared
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Irish and Chinese experience in America The end of the civil war and the beginning of the industrial revolution started an increase of immigration into the United States because of a need for low paid workers. Immigrants from around the world fled to America taking valuable jobs away from American citizens. Immigrants who came to the United States sought out every job known to man. Anything from sweeping floors to craftsman was available to the immigrants. From 1880-1920 the population of the United
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during the Renaissance‚ to the band U2 using guitars and electric keyboards. There’s still people that perform in Irish pubs to this day. Irish music has a variety of tempos‚ some that are fast‚ and there are some that are slow. The Irish have been expressing their culture through music throughout the Renaissance‚ going to the Irish potato famine‚ hopping to the 1900s‚ and ending with Irish modern day music. One of the popular instruments in Ireland during the Renaissance was Brian Boru’s Harp. Sometimes
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The modern political history of Ireland can be separated into two time periods. The first period is it’s time spent under British rule as only one territory of the United Kingdom. The second period‚ which represents the beginning of the modern Irish state‚ took place during the early twentieth century. The road to national sovereignty was neither easy nor short as Britain was far from eager to let its dependent state go. The first organized movement towards independence occurred in 1916 when
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The Irish emigrated from Ireland to America at two separate times‚ during the 1700’s and again in the 1800’s. During the 1700’s the Irish that emigrated were the Ulster Irish‚ these were mostly Protestant and mostly from the northern part of Ireland. This group of Irish was originally from Scotland which was under English rule. In 1533 when Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church‚ he enacted penal laws - laws directed against Catholics. Catholic owned land was seized and given to the English
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economy to hit rock bottom. It also caused many deaths among the Irish through starvation. To avoid death and start a new life‚ many Irish had to flee to The United States and Canada. Though many died while traveling across the Atlantic‚ thousands made it to land. With no money and no place to live‚ the Irish were about to make a big change in North America. Bringing only their religion and agricultural experience with them‚ the Irish fleeing the famine increased the power of the Catholic Church in
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