Wann kamen die Iren nach New York?
Irische Immigranten & ihre Geschichte Irische Immigranten kamen schon lange vor dem 19. Jahrhundert nach Amerika, aber im 19. Jahrhundert strömten große Menschenmengen aufgrund der Großen Hungersnot in Irland nach New York und machten damals fast einen Viertel der Bevölkerung aus.
Wo leben Iren?
Die häufigsten Herkunftsländer sind das Vereinigte Königreich (280.000 Personen), Polen (140.000) und Litauen (40.000). Die Bevölkerung spricht überwiegend Englisch sowie zum Teil die keltische Sprache Irisch. Vom Atlantikklima geprägtes Grün und mittelalterliche Städte sind eine schöne Wohnumgebung.
When did Irish immigrants come to Boston?
Irish immigrants began arriving in Boston during the Irish potato famine starting in 1842. Daniel Ward, an Irish immigrant, headed south and started collecting seaweed, or mossing, in the 1850s in Scituate. Irish moss is a red algae used as a thickener and stabilizer in ice cream, beer, wine, medicine and in calico dye manufacturing.
How were the Irish treated in Boston during the Revolutionary War?
Once the Irish had proved their loyalty by fighting in the American Revolutionary War, they were more welcome in Boston and better able to assimilate—provided, of course, that they were Protestants. According to historian Michael J. O’Brien, hundreds of native Irish Americans fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Where is the Irish Riviera in Massachusetts?
Today, Scituate and Marshfield are the epicenter of the Irish Riviera, which some consider the stretch from Weymouth to Kingston. Others consider the Irish Riviera to comprise Milton and Quincy outside of Boston to Cape Cod, where the Kennedy family still maintains a compound.
Why do people call the south shore the Irish Riviera?
Visit the South Shore of Massachusetts and you won’t have much doubt about why people call it the Irish Riviera. Orange-and-green flags fly from many a home, and the region is filled with Roman Catholic churches and schools, Irish dance schools and Irish pubs, restaurants and bakeries.