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What symbol was flown on the US relief ships during the Irish potato famine?
The shamrock was the symbol flown on US relief ships during the Irish potato famine.
Why did many Irish come to the United States in the mid- 1800?
The Irish potato blight receded in 1850, the effects of the famine continued to spur Irish emigration into the 20th century. Still facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they reunited with relatives who had fled at the height of the famine.
Were steam ships used for transportation of Irish immigrants to England in 1830?
Yes, look at..F. Neal, "Liverpool, the Irish Steamship Companies & The Famine Irish", Immigrants & Minorities, 5/1 (March, 1986)
What were the ships called in the potato famine?
the ships carrying emigrants were called "coffin" ships
What did Irish immigrants use for transportation?
Ships.
What year did the Irish journey to America occur in?
Many of the Irish came to America during the 1840's due to the potato famine. the two websites below have information about the immigration of the Irish and the second one is about the famine and disease that went on in Ireland and ships over to the Americas and England. http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/immig/irish4.htmlhttp://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/introduction.htm
A famine in the 1800s caused many of this nations citizens to immigrate to America?
Ireland had a massive famine between 1845 and 1852, even though 4000 ships filled with food grown in Ireland were exported to cities in England. British landlords in Ireland wanted to be able to make profit at the expense of starving Irish people. Those that left Ireland in "coffin" ships traveled to Canada, the United States, and even Australia.
Who was blamed for the Irish potato famine?
You can't really lay the blame on anyone specific, a large combination of factors led to the famine and other factors contributed to making it worse whilst it was ongoing. But the origin of the blight was from America, it was transported to Europe on ships from the "new world".
Where did the potato famine begin in Ireland?
I think the potato blight first arrived in Cork onboard ships from the US, then spread to the rest of Ireland
Where did they go after the potato famine?
They emigrated to places like Canada Britain Australia and America on coffin ships
Why did many Irish come to the US in the mid-1800s?
At that time, the was a potato blight in the west of Ireland, which is referred to as the Great Famine. Prior to this, Irish population was at its highest. People left on ships to work on plantations, or escape the blight. Most left because of evictions. They mainly went to: US, Australia and England. Even when the blight was gone, people continued to leave, looking for jobs, or even family. Irish population has still not recovered from the Famine.
How would you define Irish potato famine?
The Irish potato famine can be described as a time in the nineteenth century when there was a shortage of potato crops. The Irish potato famine was a horrifying agricultural disaster, not just a shortage of potatoes! For thousands of years the Irish (and most other Celtic tribes) had been great fishermen and the staple of their diet was fish from the Atlantic. But with the discovery of the New World the potato was introduced to Ireland. Farming potatoes was much easier and cheaper than maintaining large fishing ships, the nets, etc., so gradually over the generations fishing was virtually abandoned by the Irish people and the staple of their diet became the potato. By selecting the best potatoes to grow over the years they narrowed the genetic diversity of their crop (a potato variety called the Irish Lumper) until when the potato blight (a fungus like organism) attacked in 1840s crops were nearly entirely wiped out, becoming a foul smelling mush long before harvest. It was not possible for them to suddenly return to fishing. Unfortunately at the time while Ireland was growing sufficient other crops to feed everyone, the English (who ruled the country) demanded that it all continue to be exported to them as had been done in the past. Note: the failure of potato crops that lead to the Irish potato famine was not limited to Ireland. It originated in Mexico the spread through the US before jumping the Atlantic aboard clipper ships, after arriving in Ireland it spread through England and all of Europe. But in those other places there was wider variety of potatoes thus offering more resistance to the blight than the Irish Lumper did, also the laws and culture of the other locations permitted switching to alternate foods and prevented a famine elsewhere but in Ireland no such options were available resulting in massive famine.
