Almshouses were filled with these Irish immigrants. They begged on every street. ... It was estimated that 80% of all infants born to Irish immigrants in New York City died. Their brogue and

By 1840, the Irish constituted nearly half of all entering immigrants, and New England found it self heavily foreign born.

First Irish immigrants wanted to find cheap land and establish farms in Colonial America. Those from Ireland were among the most impoverished who came to America.

This article focuses on sources and techniques in American records for tracing Scots-Irish immigrants who came to colonial America.

Other settlements in the United States were made by Irish immigrants who had come thither from the northern Colonies.

Researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th-century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after traveling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad. ... Then on Friday,

While Boston is identified more with the Irish than with those of any other nationality, few groups of immigrants were more persecuted in the nineteenth century. ... Desperate for work, ... You are here:

Nearly five dozen Irish immigrants died of cholera after being brought to Pennsylvania to build a railroad in the 1800's, say researchers who have discovered their grave. ... March 25, 2009 -- ... Then on Friday,

John McCain (R-AZ) said that as president, he would ensure that 50,000 “illegal” Irish immigrants residing in the United States could find a “path to citizenship:”

John McCain (R-AZ) said that as president, he would ensure that 50,000 “illegal” Irish immigrants residing in the United States could find a “path to citizenship:”