There was poverty at home.
18000
what is latest figure for people emigrating to Australia from UK
People emigrated from their homes for reasons such as seeking economic opportunities, escaping persecution or discrimination, and looking for better living conditions or political freedom.
Irish people have emigrated to many countries, particularly England, the USA, Canada and Australia.
1200 people travelled the Oregon trail
many of the people who live there today are descendents of people who emigrated from the southeast during the early 1800's.
they emigrated to America
Many Irish people emigrated to America during the Great Famine in 1845. Many of them established large communities in Newfoundland. Therefore, there is now many Irish people in America.
Hunger.
They emigrated to the USA
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.