If they want to talk to the locals, yes.
Pretty sure tht Irish were from Ireland and English were from England. Unless they were immigrants from Ireland to England then No.
immigrants from Ireland come form Ireland.
The inspectors at Ellis Island know how to speak at least 6 languages so there is always backup when the immigrants don't speak english.
There was about 500,000 Irish immigrants in 1900
I'm not really sure if he was English-I know that he was born in Moybeg, Ireland.
Ireland and Germany
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They arrived in between 1845 to 1860 the immigrants where from Ireland and Germany
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Not including recent immigrants the two languages are the indigenous Irish (Gaelic)which is a Celtic language, and English which is classified as Germanic.
They were persecuted, exiled, or kicked out of a country.