Given the numerous Middle Eastern conflicts and massive migrant refugees, it’s not hard to fathom the intense Irish immigrant bigotry of the mid-1800’s. The great Irish Potato Famine lasted nearly a decade and brought massive numbers of Irish refugees to America. Faced with eviction and starvation, hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrated across the Atlantic to the U.S. and Canada. To say these immigrants were not welcomed by America is a vast understatement.
