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Jeanmarie Ryan edited the blog post Irish Famine Immigrants in the group Irish Studies: 7 years, 9 months ago

The Great Famine in Ireland caused death and suffering for people throughout the country. Many people died, and many others emigrated from Ireland in order to escape the famine. When most people in the modern […]
Jeanmarie Ryan edited the blog post Immigration Bibliography in the group Irish Studies: 7 years, 9 months ago

Primary Source:
Whyte, Robert. Robert Whyte’s 1847 Famine Ship Diary: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship. Edited by James J. Mangan. Cork: Mercier Press, 1994.

Secondary Sources:
Anbinder, Tyler. “Lord Pal […]
Jeanmarie Ryan edited the blog post Quarantine, Disease and Other Difficulties in the group Irish Studies: 7 years, 9 months ago

Immigrants from Ireland faced difficulties upon arriving in the Americas. In 1847, especially, some ports were flooded with sick immigrants, and these ports were not equipped to deal with the amount of sick […]
Jeanmarie Ryan edited the blog post Coffin Ships in the group Irish Studies: 7 years, 9 months ago

Although many Irish people emigrated from Ireland in order to escape suffering due to the famine, they faced a new set of challenges while immigrating. During the year 1847 especially, immigrants were crowded […]

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