The Famine Irish in The USA - A Promised Land? | The Great Famine XXII

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

After Ireland, no country was more affected by the Great Famine than the USA. Millions of Irish people emigrated to the United States during and after the Great Famine. This is their story. Through this podcast you will follow them on voyages across the Atlantic before looking at several Irish communities from the Five Points Slum in New York to the Rocky Mountains. From persecuted Irish miners in the Pennsylvanian Coalfields to deeply racist Irish prospectors in the Californian Goldrush the Irish story in America is fascinating and complex... I am very grateful to Martin Nutty, Ryan McCormick, Laura Pasek, Lisa O'Sullivan and Ronan McGreechin for their recordings. Monica Brennan very generously allowed me use her rendition of Thousands Are Sailing.

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
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0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:20.0	Hello and
0:25.0	this is the Famine Irish History Podcast. My name is Finn de War, and this is The Famine Irish in the USA, the Promised Land.
0:39.0	After Ireland, no country was affected more by the effects of the great famine than the United States of America. The sheer numbers of people that emigrated to the USA during and after the great hunger defies belief.
0:46.9	By 1890, there were nearly 2 million Irish-born people living in the USA.
0:52.4	The population of Ireland at the time was only 5.7 million.
0:56.3	This podcast is their story. As the title suggests, the USA was in many cases something of a promised land for many of these people.
1:05.8	However, as we are about to see, experiences varied from place to place and person to person. We will begin by joining them on journeys across the Atlantic
1:15.5	Ocean. Then we will visit four particular communities hearing the fascinating stories of
1:20.6	Irish emigrants in the USA in the late 19th century, which will give us an insight into their
1:25.9	story. First, we will take a look around the notorious New York slum of the five points. From there, will hedge the coalfields of Pennsylvania to see the hardships
1:36.0	immigrants endured before heading out west to look at darker chapters from the Irish American
1:41.6	story in New Mexico and California.
1:46.1	As always I am indebted to the listeners of the podcast who have become patrons.
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