Where Did The Irish Immigrate To During The Potato Famine
. In 1848 the government introduced an emigration scheme to encourage suitable orphans to go to Australia. Immigrants from other countries are also included such as Canada Brazil Russia and Morocco.
This immigration record collection includes more than 604000 immigrants from Ireland during the Great Famine covering the years 1846 through 1851 and arriving at the Port of New York. In 1848 the government introduced an emigration scheme to encourage suitable orphans to go to Australia. At Drogheda Cromwells men killed some 3500 people including 2700 Royalist soldiers as well as hundreds of civilians and Catholic priests.
Irish in New York.
This immigration record collection includes more than 604000 immigrants from Ireland during the Great Famine covering the years 1846 through 1851 and arriving at the Port of New York. Most of the immigrants settled in the large urban centers of New York Boston Philadelphia and San Francisco. In the 1840s the Irish potato sent waves of migrants who could afford passage fleeing starvation in the countryside. It is said that a million paupers emigrated from Ireland during the famine years many of those dying either on the voyage or in quarantine before reaching their destinations.
