During the 19th century most of the Irish immigrants came from Ulster. Between 1876 and 1883 around 83 per cent of Irish immigrants came from Northern Ireland - around 25 per cent of these were ...

Also in the 1840s, Irish immigrants came to America seeking a new life due to the potato famine. The new opportunities presented in Iowa also drew immigrants from Great Britain, Canada ...

And this is how unwanted immigrants have been depicted through American history: as enemies of God. In the 19th century, when virtually all politicians were Protestant, anti-Catholic politicians ...

In the former president’s pitch to voters, historians hear echoes of the nation’s inescapable xenophobic history.

The Irish were stereotyped as heavy ... regained their force at the end of the 19th century with the appearance of so-called “New Immigrants.” They were often derided as non-white, and they ...

It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...

The United States has long conceived of itself as a haven for immigrants, a place welcoming ... emerge from the political chaos of the mid-19th century. They would survive the challenges of ...

Irish immigrants brought their traditions and celebrations to the United States in the 19th century. The Celts called it ...

Declining Anglo-Saxon birth rates made eugenicists obsessed with creating strong, healthy white babies. And temperance advocates claimed that alcohol posed a dire threat to this goal — one that ...

In the 19th century, when virtually all politicians were Protestant, anti-Catholic politicians accused Irish immigrants of bearing the “mark of the Beast” and being loyal to the “Antichrist ...