All posts tagged "Great Hunger"

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  How the Irish Immigrants Came to New England

  In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...

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  The Irish Emigrants’ Guide To Surviving the Irish Famine Ships

  From 1845 to 1855, famine ships brought 2 million Irish emigrants to ports in Boston, New York and Canada. They were fleeing...