Timeline: Irish Immigration

1819 - Congress establishes reporting in immigration.

1841 - The Ireland population was around 8.2 million.

1845 - Potato crop fails in Ireland sparkling the Potato Famine which kills one million of its

population and sending 500,000 to immigrate to the America.

Spring 1847 - ship load after ship load of fevered Irish arrived to the small medical inspection

facility which only had 150 beds.

1847 - Of the 100,000 Irish that sailed to British North America, ⅕ died from diseases and

malnutrition in Grosse Island.

June 40, 1847 - 14,000 Irish immigrants waited in line extending two miles down St. Lawrence.

1847 - To limit the immigration in America, the U.S raised the passenger fare 3 times more than

fares in Canada. The British government encourage the Quebec to have low fares to encourage

the Irish to populate in Canada and not migrate to England.

1847 - 52,000 Irish arrived in New York City

1850 - Irish made up 43% of foreign-born population.

1854 - Anti-Catholics created a political party nicknamed “Knows-Nothing” seeking to stop the

Irish from becoming naturalized Americans and gaining power.

1861 - The Civil War Began

1914 - Major James Michael Curley announced that the Anglo- Saxon was a joke and is time to

become like Puritans following the Catholic church.

1960 - John F. Kennedy was elected President and ended the century-long struggle for

acceptance in the U.S

1970 - The federal government requires two years of residency for naturalization.