Irish Immigrants

Populated by 8 million people, Irish, with a majority of Roman Catholic, are among the poorest people in the western world. Only about a quarter of the population could read and write, and their life expectancy was relatively short. Ireland was an exceedingly impoverished country. Under the english rule, citizens lost many of their political and religious rights. They were separated between protestants, who represents the continued presence of England, and Roman Catholics, who were hostile to Britain. The hostile of Britain faced many more challenges like being charged outrageous sums to live on the land that once belonged to them and their ancestors. They was on the verge of catastrophe politically, religiously, and economically. That is why emigration became an intrinsic part of Ireland before independence, and especially after the great famine. Many were forced to move, while others left voluntarily to search for employment and a better quality of life. Moreover, not all immigrants enjoyed their new life at British North America. Even though leaving Ireland appeared to be the only escape, Irish Catholic immigrants should not be thankful for a new start at British North America. Throughout the emigration, they have received phony promises by landlords during the famine, Irish faced the same problems of poverty and discrimination as before, and their living and working environment was deficient.

The Great Famine in 1845 was a crucial time phase that touched off a mass migration. It began with a blight of the potato crops that caused the Europe’s economy to fail. The price of food increased significantly resulting citizens to starve and develop many illnesses. During that period, landlords were using different methods to try to ...

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...ants should not be impressed by their actions and should decide not to support their new country.

Many Irish Catholic immigrants have faced multitudinous challenges throughout their life in Ireland, to moving to North America. Case in point: having rights forbidden and locating employment. They were forced to come to British North America because the living conditions in their home country were so poverty-stricken. Although emigrating to America might signify the start of a new life, it was not uncommon to hear immigrants talk of how their ‘old country’ was better than the new land. Many Irish immigrants were disappointed since they were facing the same issues and even more new struggles from when they lived back at the home land. Consequently, Irish immigrants should not be thankful for a new start and support British North America wholeheartedly from the start.