Irish immigrant
Emerald Isle emigrant
An Irish immigrant is a person who has moved from Ireland to settle in another country.
The term carries particular historical weight in the United States, where waves of Irish immigration—especially during and after the Great Famine of the 1840s—shaped American cities, labor movements, and politics.
Her great-grandparents were Irish immigrants who came through Ellis Island.
- Great FamineMass starvation in Ireland
- potato blightFungal tuber infection
- coffin shipsFatal emigrant transport vessels
- povertySevere lack of resources
- labor unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
United States · famine relief · Ellis Island · Canada · Boston · discrimination · remittances · labor exploitation · St. Patrick's Day · political activism · Tammany Hall · assimilation · tenant farming · shanty towns · Australia · New Zealand · United Kingdom · Argentina
Irish immigrantnative
Originating from a place
local · native-born · native son · insider · old-timer
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