Yes, a huge amount of Irish people have left Ireland to go to America, for hundreds of years.
Irish people have been going to America to live for hundreds of years, and continue to do so.
Ireland. The Irish Potato Famine began in September 1845. Potatoes, upon which the Irish diet was almost totally based, began to disappear. Due to the abundance of potatoes in America, many Irish people began to migrate to the United States. It is ironic, though, that the disease which originally caused the famine was mistakenly transported from North America to Ireland.
The Irish economy is not doing terribly well in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, so some Irish people are leaving Ireland to seek economic opportunities abroad.
They didnt leave Ireland. Aside from a few that imigrated to various parts of the world througout Irish history most of them ire alive and well and living in Ireland.
It caused lots of Irish people to leave Ireland. Many of those went to the USA and right to this day many people can trace their ancestry as far back as to those people that came from Ireland in the 1840s. Many Irish people got heavily involved in American society, working in all sorts of areas and helping to contribute to the development of the USA at that time. Their legacies remain in things they did, like building cities and towns, building railways, get involved with the police, army, navy, fire services, politics etc.
their power was defeated by the legendary Irish King Brian Boru. they did not leave Ireland, those that remained inter-married with the native Irish
For the same reasons that people all over the world have always emigrated, namely in search of a better life. Ireland was not a rich country in 1833, so people went in search of better lives. Today there are Irish people and people of Irish descent in many parts of the world, because so many people from Ireland have emigrated in the past few centuries.
The Great Potato Famine in 1845 Half of the Irish population depended on the potato crop for food. When the crop failed 1 million people died and some Irish people migrated to the United States and some to Great Britian.
don't know but apparently Boston area is full of Irish although these Irish born and raised here in America not only haven't they been to Ireland they are also too stupid to know how ignorant they are PS i was born raised and have always lived in America what does that make me mmm maybe European American pss please leave America immediately
Irish nationalism is only within the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland (part of the UK). A minority of the population want to leave the UK and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
Irish immigrants sailed to Canada as early as the 17th century. The Irish chose to leave Ireland due to the Great Famine that lasted from 1845 to 1852.
The Irish Potato Famine