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Basically the absentee English landlords and the British government starved them out. Add that to the long lasting potato famine and there was adequate reason to look for a place where there would be a better life. ( the great patato famine).
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∙ 7y agoThey left Ireland in the 1870s because of wanting to get a better life in other countries, and many chose to go to the United States. During the famine of 1845 - 1852, many people had gone to the US and so many continued to go after that because they believed that they would live a lot better there, as those that had gone previously had done.
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∙ 13y agothe Great Famine of the 1840s and the subsequent smaller famines and food shortages
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∙ 12y agoThe Potato Famine and other famines struck leaving them little to no food
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∙ 12y agoPotato Famine.
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Were Celts the first people to come to Ireland?
Contrary to popular belief, the first people to come to Ireland are thought to have come from Spain by boat and were not Celts.
Did Spaniards migrate to Ireland?
Yes they did. In fact it is believed that the first people to come to Ireland came by sea from the northern part of Spain over 8000 years ago. To this day, there is similar DNA in northern Spain and in the west of Ireland. There are a lot of physical similarities too. In history since that time, people from Spain have come to Ireland to live there. There are strong cultural connections between Ireland and Spain as a result.
Where do the Irish come from?
Many people say different things, some say from Iberia (northern Spain) as Gaels believed they were descendants of Milesians, sons of Míl Espáine. Others believe that the Irish descend from a sunken island off the west coast of Ireland, called Tír na nÓg or goes by many names like Hy Brasil. I tend to believe the second one. Recent DNA studies tend to support the first one, however.
Why did the Vikings come and settle in Ireland?
they caused people to rape thier own children.
Where did the majority of Irish immigrants come from?
immigrants from Ireland come form Ireland.
Did Irish people leave Ireland to come to America?
Yes, a huge amount of Irish people have left Ireland to go to America, for hundreds of years.
Why do people go to Ireland?
People come to Ireland to live for different reasons. Some come because they have or did have family here. Some come to Ireland to work, as over the last 15 years the Irish economy has done quite well. Some people come to study. Some come to live because they live the way of life in Ireland. Some come to retire here. There are lots of other reasons too.
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Was Ireland found in 7988?
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Did Spain imagrant to Ireland?
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Who are the people who come from or live in Ireland?
They are Irish people.
How did the first people come to Ireland?
It is hard to know for sure, but contrary to popular belief, the first people to come to Ireland are thought to have come from Spain by boat and were not Celts. To this day, people in the west of Ireland in particular do resemble people in northern Spain, which is where the early settlers in Ireland are now believed to have sailed from.
What country do most Irish people come from?
Ireland
Who were the people to discover ireland?
Many say it was the Celts, but the first people to come to Ireland are now believed to have come by boat from northern Spain. There is even genetic evidence of this.
Do some people from America come to Ireland?
Ireland gets a lot of tourists from America and some Americans move to Ireland to live.
Where did the people from the First Fleet come from?
The people on the First Fleet were from England and Ireland.
What kinds of people migrate to Ireland?
All sorts of people. Young people and old people. Single people and families. Male and female. People come for work or for study or to retire They come in search of a better life than they have from wherever they come from. They come from different parts of the world. There is a much wider range of nationalities in Ireland now than there would have been 20 years ago, and they are much more widely spread around Ireland. Problems with the economy in recent years in Ireland has slowed down the amount of people coming to Ireland, but people are still coming.
