Irish Immigration To Canada
The Irish began immigrating to North America in the 1820s, when the lack of jobs and poverty forced them to seek better opportunities elsewhere after the end of the major European wars. When the Europeans could finally stop depending on the Irish for food during war, the investment in Irish agricultural products reduced and the boom was over. After an economic boom, there comes a bust and unemployment was the result. Two-thirds of the people of Ireland depended on potato harvests as a main source of income and, more importantly, food. Then between the years of 1845 and 1847, a terrible disease struck the potato crops. The plague left acre after acre of Irish farmland covered with black ...
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with either cholera or typhus.ˇ¨(InterpretingˇK,online) The lack of food and increased incidents of death forced incredible numbers of people to leave Ireland for some place which offered more suitable living conditions. Some landlords paid for the emigration of their tenants because it made more economic sense to rid farms of residents who were not paying their rent. Nevertheless, emigration did not prove to be an antidote for the Famine. The ships were overcrowded and by the time they reached their destination, approximately one third of its passengers had been lost to disease, hunger and other complications. However, many passengers did survive the journey and, as a result, approximately ˇ§1.5 million Irish people immigrated to North America during the 1840ˇ¦s and 1850ˇ¦s.ˇ¨(Bladley, online) As a consequence of famine, disease (starvation and disease took as many as one million lives) and emigration, ˇ§Irelandˇ¦s population dropped from 8 million to 5 million over a ...
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further as a result of lack of ventilation and lack of medical aid on ships as doctors and nurses were desperately needed at hospitals. The overcrowded sheds were unsuitable for hospital services, and, despite the number of complaints about the conditions of quarantines, nothing could be done. More hospitals were built, but remained unfinished, as carpenters refused to complete construction for fear of disease. Yet more emigrants who already suffered from disease were suffering from exposure to inclement weather as a result of having to stay outside. Even inside the hospital, the rooms were overcrowded, and, in an attempt to fit more people indoors, hallways became congested. During ...
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