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It depends on which era your talking about. I'm assuming your referring to the plague.
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What was immigration from Ireland mostly a result of?
Immigration from Ireland was mostly a result of a potato famine. The reason it's called an Irish Potato is because the Irish depended greatly on the potato and when a blight was destroying the potato crops one million died and others came here.
What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the US in the 1840s?
Most of the immigration was caused by the potato famine, but some were caused when their king had switched to a England church because of his marriage. That caused England to be in control of Ireland which left them weak. Another when the black plague had spread to them from England and the Irish were mad at them cause now, England had made most of their troubles.
The great grandfather of which US president came to America in 1865 to escape Ireland's great potato famine?
John F. Kennedy.
Why did the itrish came to the US?
potato famine
What nation suffered a massive potato famine in the nineteenth century?
Ireland suffered a massive potato famine. Many were very poor farmers and did not have anything else to eat. This was caused by a fungus called the potato blight. Thousands died by starvation and many more came to the USA.
Durning the 1840's and 1850's the highest number of immigrants came from where?
Europe More specifically, Ireland. Irish immigrants were fleeing the potato famine and came to the US.
What was the reason Irish people came to America?
the potato famine
What year did the Potato Famine begin?
The great Irish potato famine started in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the years 1842 to 1852. There was mass starvation, which is estimated to of killed one million people. Many people also emigrated from Ireland because of the famine. Ireland's population is estimated to have decreased as much as 25 percent in just seven years. Historians now know the cause of the famine was a disease called potato blight. The famine was so great, because at the time nearly 33 percent of Ireland's population relied solely on potatoes for nourishment.
A famine in the 1800's caused many of this nation's citizens to immigrate to America?
A famine in Ireland caused many to immigrate to the US in the mid 1800s. The Irish economy became too reliant of the potato crop which was the livelihood of about one third of the people at that time. A potato disease that had spread through Europe wasn't as serious a catastrophe until it came to Ireland, where much of the economy depended on the potato.
Did Irish settle to England during potato famine?
They came to the US....
What is the disease that wiped out the potatoes in Ireland?
It is not known for certain when it came to Ireland. The potato comes from South America and would have come to Europe with returning Spanish explorers in the 1570s. At sometime within the following years it would have come to Ireland, in the 1570s or 1580s. It is often said that Walter Raleigh brought the potato to Ireland, but that is not certain and generally regarded as a myth.
Did most of the Irish immigrants in the 1800s came because of the potato famine?
Yes
