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Columnist Laura Kennedy says there is always one question she is asked as an emigrant in Australia: “Are you staying or going ...
Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project ...
Irish emigrants in America raised millions of dollars to support the Irish National Bond when Edmund De Valera went to the United States in 1919 and 1920.
An Irish emigrant lobby group is calling for expats to be given the right to vote in Irish elections. James Kelly @ISayJK. Dec 04, 2014 ...
IRELAND AND THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Share full article. JAMES FEE. Aug. 31, 1902; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 31, 1902, Page 14 Buy Reprints.
When Toby Gilbert decided to emigrate last year, he did not choose Australia over Dublin for sunshine and sandy beaches. He just wanted a few more free hours to see his wife.
In the decade following the 1845 appearance of the potato blight, over 900,000 Irish emigrants entered the port of New York. By 1855 Irish-born New Yorkers comprised almost one third of the city's ...
This 1850 illustration depicts Irish emigrants sailing to the US ... Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder paints a new picture of the 1.3 million people who fled to the US when famine hit Ireland.
Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850, from The Illustrated London News, July 1850. They were not the only nationality represented among the ship's passengers.
Irish fans were left highly frustrated for the sale of NFL Dublin tickets this afternoon, with a huge demand for the fixture ...
In “Plentiful Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder paints a new picture of the 1.3 million people who fled to the US when famine hit Ireland.