The Irish were the 2nd largest group of immigrants to this area. “following an influx of Scandinavians in the 1870s, … part of an Irish wave that settled in the lower Stillaguamish Valley in the latter 1800 … many Irish were from Maine or just north along the shores of eastern Canada.” Stanwood Area Echoes Spring 2019 no. 62. In the Northwest, they
became freeborn like the Scandinavians. Half of the Irish immigrants in the colonial era came from the Irish province of Ulster! By 1790, approximately 400,000 people of Irish birth or ancestry lived in the United States. From 1820 to 1860, nearly 2 million Irish arrived, 75% of these after the Great Irish Famine. The famine and its effects permanently changed the island’s demographic, political, and cultural landscape, producing an estimated two million refugees. A second wave of post potato famine Irish immigration, resulting largely from a changing rural economy and the lure of high-paying jobs in America, continued from 1855 to 1921. The Irish have had a huge impact on America as a whole. In 1910, there were more people in New York City of Irish ancestry than in the whole of Dublin.
https://www.historylink.org/File/2210
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_diaspora
https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/the-immortal-irishman
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/irish/irish-catholic-immigration-to-america/
https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/irish-immigration/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Americans
http://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Irish-Blacksmith-Shop.pdf
During the Irish Potato Famine, “foreign aid” was sent to Ireland by the:
London
Choctaw Nation
Norway (that was also losing 10% of its population from the famine & English blockade)
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