SS Connebeg
Pushed out of Ireland by religious conflicts, lack of political autonomy and dire economic conditions, immigrants, from Scotland and Ireland travelled to America by the promise of land ownership and greater religious freedom. Many Scotch-Irish immigrants were educated skilled workers and between 1820 and 1930, some 4.5 million Irish migrated to the United States. Almost half of America’s immigrants were from Ireland alone, most settled near their point of arrival in cities along the East Coast.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton for photo of re - enactor immigrant family, background photo from National Museum of Ireland )
SS Connebeg
Pushed out of Ireland by religious conflicts, lack of political autonomy and dire economic conditions, immigrants, from Scotland and Ireland travelled to America by the promise of land ownership and greater religious freedom. Many Scotch-Irish immigrants were educated skilled workers and between 1820 and 1930, some 4.5 million Irish migrated to the United States. Almost half of America’s immigrants were from Ireland alone, most settled near their point of arrival in cities along the East Coast.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton for photo of re - enactor immigrant family, background photo from National Museum of Ireland )