Most of the Irish emigrants came because of the civil unrest, the severe unemployment, or the almost inconceivable hardships there were at home. These were the main reasons of why they came to the United States of America.

Irish immigrants are going to Ireland, Irish emigrants are going to many places including America, Australia, Britain and Canada.

population loss, emigrants and it caused the economic growth to slow down.

120 of the third class passengers on the Titanic were Irish. They were emigrants making their ways to America, and very few of them survived the sinking.

The majority of the emigrants who headed for the far west were white and born in the United States. They were hoping for a better life.